This is a 3 part BBC mini-series about upper class folk & members of Parliment also a few gay persons as well.
We did see & RAVE about TO CATCH A KING a few months back. Line of Beauty has somewhat of the same type story BUT is far inferior in comparison.
Thw first 2 hours of this teleplay are very well done, BUT the last hour is pure soap opera melodrama,at the end of which I felt I wasted 3 hours.
This film is based on a prize winning novel & tells the story of gay & political life during the Thatcher administration (1980's).
In the 80's or even early 90's this tale would have have had more interest,. The last hour dates it miserably, (spoiler alert) a few characters die (AIDS)
& I felt nothing for them, mainly cause they were not that likable. I find nothing likable about cocaine users. OH another spoiler alert, That is the line of beauty. the line of coke before it is sniffed.
Nearly any of the cast were not familiar to me, The acting & characterizations were OK,nothing noteworthy, Good production values & good music with n good song score,
If the last hour were better I would have given this a better review.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 69 points (out of 100; IMDb 6 out of 10
We did see & RAVE about TO CATCH A KING a few months back. Line of Beauty has somewhat of the same type story BUT is far inferior in comparison.
Thw first 2 hours of this teleplay are very well done, BUT the last hour is pure soap opera melodrama,at the end of which I felt I wasted 3 hours.
This film is based on a prize winning novel & tells the story of gay & political life during the Thatcher administration (1980's).
In the 80's or even early 90's this tale would have have had more interest,. The last hour dates it miserably, (spoiler alert) a few characters die (AIDS)
& I felt nothing for them, mainly cause they were not that likable. I find nothing likable about cocaine users. OH another spoiler alert, That is the line of beauty. the line of coke before it is sniffed.
Nearly any of the cast were not familiar to me, The acting & characterizations were OK,nothing noteworthy, Good production values & good music with n good song score,
If the last hour were better I would have given this a better review.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 69 points (out of 100; IMDb 6 out of 10