It's in 3 parts, the script by Andrea Gib, the director is Aisling
Walsh whose series are often excellent.
It's done in the old-fashioned way: genuine scenes, no ratcheting up,
acted subtly and yes Keeley Hawes is pitch perfect. But I was
unexpectedly disappointed from which I learned something. Although
Hornby's book is not an epistolary novel, it is so filled with
letters, and they convey the heartblood of the story, to see it done
so objectively lost something. They needed to do more filmic
epistolarity -- I've seen it done by Nokes for Clarissa, by Andrew
Davies for passages in Trollope's novels. It makes me want to reread
the book, and I shall
A kind Irish friend sent me a DVD copy ahead of time.
Ellen
Ellen Moody