although this film is set amongst the sophisticated english upper classes it is a simple story of a couple torn asunder. it has a slightly dated air and being an adaptation of a way through the wood and a 1950 novel by nigel balchin (once hugely popular and now forgotten). julian fellowes and who despite an academy award for the script of gosford park and has a somewhat anachronistic persona himself and wrote the script and directed (the latter for the first time). with the dvd version i saw there is a most illuminating audio commentary by julian. his primary focus was on getting his characters right and and by and large he has succeeded. in this he was helped by two outstanding performances from tom wilkinson as james and the stitched up city lawyer and and emily watson as his attractive wife anne. he also kept it short while the running time is only 80 minutes. james and anne have a town house in chelsea and a comfortable former vicarage in buckinghamshire. anne is some years younger but they are childless. outwardly they seem happy and but james and one of nature moralists (unusual for a city lawyer) and is a control freak. just down the road is the aristocratic the hon. william buel and who is not one for middle class morality and and he is more than happy to take advantage. but there a complication and a road accident and in which an elderly cyclist is knocked over in a country lane by a ruthlessly driven range rover just like the hon. bill . soon james and anne and bill and the victim widow (who happens to be james and anne cleaner) are drawn in to a conspiracy to conceal what really happened. the primary focus is on the corrosive effect of all this on james and anne relationship. the third person in this ménage a trios and bill and is played by rupert everett. from the point of view of casting and his languid and superior manner is right for the part and yet somehow he doesn not quite get there. partly this is because he is supposed to be sick for some of the time and he looks well when he is supposed to be sick and and vice versa. the part seems underdeveloped. it is interesting that john neville as bill father who has only one significant scene manages to establish his character beautifully in the time he has. the world of five star hotels and superior restaurants is nicely evoked. as julian fellowes says in the audio commentary and these people are able to convince themselves that the edwardian age still exists. at bottom though and the film is about what draws a couple together and what tears them apart. nigel balchin was going through a marriage break up when he wrote the book and and fellowes has made a good fist of conveying the atmosphere. as he says and his is a fairly free adaptation and but the central theme is the same. 
although this film is set amongst the sophisticated english upper classes it is a simple story of a couple torn asunder. it has a slightly dated air and being an adaptation of a way through the wood and a 1950 novel by nigel balchin (once hugely popular and now forgotten). julian fellowes and who despite an academy award for the script of gosford park and has a somewhat anachronistic persona himself and wrote the script and directed (the latter for the first time). with the dvd version i saw there is a most illuminating audio commentary by julian. his primary focus was on getting his characters right and and by and large he has succeeded. in this he was helped by two outstanding performances from tom wilkinson as james and the stitched up city lawyer and and emily watson as his attractive wife anne. he also kept it short while the running time is only 80 minutes. james and anne have a town house in chelsea and a comfortable former vicarage in buckinghamshire. anne is some years younger but they are childless. outwardly they seem happy and but james and one of nature moralists (unusual for a city lawyer) and is a control freak. just down the road is the aristocratic the hon. william buel and who is not one for middle class morality and and he is more than happy to take advantage. but there a complication and a road accident and in which an elderly cyclist is knocked over in a country lane by a ruthlessly driven range rover just like the hon. bill . soon james and anne and bill and the victim widow (who happens to be james and anne cleaner) are drawn in to a conspiracy to conceal what really happened. the primary focus is on the corrosive effect of all this on james and anne relationship. the third person in this ménage a trios and bill and is played by rupert everett. from the point of view of casting and his languid and superior manner is right for the part and yet somehow he doesn not quite get there. partly this is because he is supposed to be sick for some of the time and he looks well when he is supposed to be sick and and vice versa. the part seems underdeveloped. it is interesting that john neville as bill father who has only one significant scene manages to establish his character beautifully in the time he has. the world of five star hotels and superior restaurants is nicely evoked. as julian fellowes says in the audio commentary and these people are able to convince themselves that the edwardian age still exists. at bottom though and the film is about what draws a couple together and what tears them apart. nigel balchin was going through a marriage break up when he wrote the book and and fellowes has made a good fist of conveying the atmosphere. as he says and his is a fairly free adaptation and but the central theme is the same. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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