This is precisely the kind of film of which it is said 'the English do so well' and we can extend this to include the BBC who wrote the book, as it were, on Classic adaptations that sometimes do turn out to be classics in themselves. What we have here is, in effect, a glorified BBC adaptation made for the Big screen or, to put it another way, a film that boasts sound Production values, lush photography, decent acting yet somehow lacking the one element that will pull all this together into something that will linger in the memory longer than the time it takes to walk to the exit. All the old familiar themes - class distinction, the English 'abroad', jingoism, xenophobia etc - are wheeled out and given a once-over-lightly by a competent group of actors but ultimately it's difficult for the film to shake off the so-what element that informs every frame.
Review of Where Angels Fear to Tread
