The Line of Beauty

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Audience Member Your typical drama. I'd probably enjoy the book more. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Brideshead Revisted meets 1980s Thatcherite England. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member awesome mini-series! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member haal alle spanning uit een goed verhaal en je krijgt deze miniserie, geen idee waarom iedereen hier zo positief over is ... Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Well crafted BBC drama series faithfully based on a novel by Allan Hollinghurst. The story involves Nick Guest , a middle class good looking student who becomes a long term guest or lodger to the enormously wealthy Feddens family. The father of the family is a Tory MP during the greedy cut-throat times of Thatcherism , the mother is a don't-rock-the-boat lady who pretends everything is kept under perfect English civility, the son is a jock with political future and the daughter is a young woman with issues and a yearning for the truth. Nobody seems to have a problem with Nick, the guest, being gay despite the fact that it is a conservative environment. Nick is a scholar in Henry James and well versed in cultural matters. He is entrusted with the care of the young unpredictable daughter and they become close friends. The first part of the movie focuses on Nicks' love for Leo, a black man. Leo will be the target of the first cracks in the perfect facade of the Feddens and their friends who are less shy about their racism and homophobia than the Feddens would admit. Leo and Nick's relationship abrupt end serves as an introduction to the looming AIDS crisis which becomes central to the progress of the story. As time goes by, other scandals come to the surface that endanger the political future of the head of household as well as the pretense of normalcy. Some involve a wealthy married lebanese heir, insider trading and sexual escapades. The press has a field day with all of that and Nick becomes a escape goat of sorts. The end is quite abrupt and leaves a lot of unanswered questions. That is the most unsatisfying part of this otherwise beautifully written drama. Without giving anything away, we do not know in the end if both Nick and the Faddens have learned their lessons or prefer to retreat into their cherished delusions. Another issue in this show is the wooden acting of the main character who rarely changes key in his performance even when every other actor is just phenomenal. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member An engaging adaptation of the Hollinghurst novel. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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