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It’s 1865, you’re a woman (see, I pronounced it correctly there) and you’ve been ‘purchased’ for marriage by a rich land owner for his son. They’re both cruel people and the son, when he is around, doesn’t even want to touch you. But then, there’s that handsome (albeit, a bit rapey) new stablehand….Looking back, how could things have gone so, so wrong?
No, this isn’t the story of the character from the Shakespeare play, but the comparison to her journey led to the original book this film is based on to use her name. So yeah, it gets bloody and dark and tense as all hell. The critics have been raving about it but what did we think? Ask Chris and Johnny Neill and you’ll get an earful.
