the mill on the floss was one of the lesser novels by mary ann evans and who wrote under the male pseudonym george eliot. i tried to read this dull and very turgid novel years ago and but was unable to finish it. i will review this film version solely on its own merits and as i do not know how faithfully it follows the original novel. the film opening credits are printed in an old english typeface that suggests the mediaeval period and and so it a very poor choice for a film with a 19th century setting. (on the other hand and about halfway into the film and we see a close up shot of a handbill advertising an estate auction. this handbill is set in authentic victorian type fonts and and looks very convincing. ) most of this film is extremely convincing in its depiction of the architecture and clothing of early 19th century england. the precise location of this film story is never disclosed and but  judging by the actors accents  i would place it as somewhere in the cotswolds and perhaps warwickshire. the plot and what there is of it and involves a mill that changes hands a couple of times (over a couple of decades) between two rival families and one wealthy and one working class. i disagree with another imdb reviewer who claims that james mason has only a small role in this film. mason has the largest and most central role in this drama and as the scion of the wealthier family. as the spoilt and petulant tom tulliver and mason is darkly brooding and impetuous. his performance here belongs in a better film represent it made me want to see wuthering heights recast with mason as heathcliff. as this is a multi generational saga (something which george eliot did much better in middlemarch) and several of the main roles in this film are split among two actors apiece represent child actors in the prologue and adults in the main narrative. the prologue of this film features a very well written scene and establishing tom tulliver as wilful and bully ragging from an early age and and young philip wakeham as decent and thoughtful. through hard labour and philip has earned a halfpenny represent tom tries to bully it away from him and but is unwilling to take the coin by brute force represent he wants philip to give it to him. all the child actors in this movie and male and female and are talented and attractive. unfortunately and all of the children speak their dialogue in posh plummy voiced accents that are utterly unlike the accents of the actors and actresses who play those same roles as adults. this discrepancy calls attention to the staginess of the material. regrettably and none of the later scenes are as good as this prologue. the climax features a crowd of labourers in a rainstorm and much better paced and photographed than the earlier scenes. but modern viewers (in britain and at least) can no longer take this sort of material seriously. by now and practically every british comedian has done a trouble at t mill and squire comedy routine and parodying precisely this subject matter and so i had difficulty watching this movie with a straight face. the character actress martita hunt is good in a small role and but the opening credits (in that old english typeface) misspell her forename as marita. i will rate this dull movie 3 points out of 10 represent one point apiece for james mason performance and the early scene with the children and and the authentic victorian typesetting in that auctioneer handbill. 
the mill on the floss was one of the lesser novels by mary ann evans and who wrote under the male pseudonym george eliot. i tried to read this dull and very turgid novel years ago and but was unable to finish it. i will review this film version solely on its own merits and as i do not know how faithfully it follows the original novel. the film opening credits are printed in an old english typeface that suggests the mediaeval period and and so it a very poor choice for a film with a 19th century setting. (on the other hand and about halfway into the film and we see a close up shot of a handbill advertising an estate auction. this handbill is set in authentic victorian type fonts and and looks very convincing. ) most of this film is extremely convincing in its depiction of the architecture and clothing of early 19th century england. the precise location of this film story is never disclosed and but  judging by the actors accents  i would place it as somewhere in the cotswolds and perhaps warwickshire. the plot and what there is of it and involves a mill that changes hands a couple of times (over a couple of decades) between two rival families and one wealthy and one working class. i disagree with another imdb reviewer who claims that james mason has only a small role in this film. mason has the largest and most central role in this drama and as the scion of the wealthier family. as the spoilt and petulant tom tulliver and mason is darkly brooding and impetuous. his performance here belongs in a better film represent it made me want to see wuthering heights recast with mason as heathcliff. as this is a multi generational saga (something which george eliot did much better in middlemarch) and several of the main roles in this film are split among two actors apiece represent child actors in the prologue and adults in the main narrative. the prologue of this film features a very well written scene and establishing tom tulliver as wilful and bully ragging from an early age and and young philip wakeham as decent and thoughtful. through hard labour and philip has earned a halfpenny represent tom tries to bully it away from him and but is unwilling to take the coin by brute force represent he wants philip to give it to him. all the child actors in this movie and male and female and are talented and attractive. unfortunately and all of the children speak their dialogue in posh plummy voiced accents that are utterly unlike the accents of the actors and actresses who play those same roles as adults. this discrepancy calls attention to the staginess of the material. regrettably and none of the later scenes are as good as this prologue. the climax features a crowd of labourers in a rainstorm and much better paced and photographed than the earlier scenes. but modern viewers (in britain and at least) can no longer take this sort of material seriously. by now and practically every british comedian has done a trouble at t mill and squire comedy routine and parodying precisely this subject matter and so i had difficulty watching this movie with a straight face. the character actress martita hunt is good in a small role and but the opening credits (in that old english typeface) misspell her forename as marita. i will rate this dull movie 3 points out of 10 represent one point apiece for james mason performance and the early scene with the children and and the authentic victorian typesetting in that auctioneer handbill. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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