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In pursuit of my goal to see more of Cary Elwes, I watched some hokum today.

Lady Jane (1986)

Put together by the theatrical Trevor Nunn. Not necessarily a good transition.

It is a good story and the actors are very good when they are left alone. Helena Bonham Carter is Lady Jane and Patrick Stewart is brought in for a little gravity, the ponderous kind.

But as a costume drama it fails on several points. It is too long by at least half an hour. Long stretches of dreamy looks do not compensate although we do get to see enough of Cary Elwes to make some of it worthwhile. He is not a hunk but he is rather comely.

And when he is together with Bonham Carter they do manage to stir things up.

I would not want to see it again without some FF so it is a 3 out of Netflix5. There are other Elwes films coming along so we might get to see even more of him. This is the problem with too many costumes. It is so hard to take them off in a way that steams things up. Hence, it is naked or over dressed. The seduction is very limited.

Sorry. You did not sign up to hear about my Netflix movies as soft porn but in a case like this, the truth must out.

Also, it is a look at Elwes when he is very young. Dewy. Carter not so much so she has to work a little harder to make it all look like first love. She has clearly been around the course a few times.

This will get a 3 out of Netflix5. Check off the Cary box and move on.

One more thing. Why is Paramount films still using the shaky and blurred slide or promotional film insert that they have used for decades. The mountain now shakes a little while the stars run 'round. Time for a redo.

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