All sorts of questions go unanswered, and there's little of the density found in Campion's early work; this is mainly smoke, not fire.

Original in every sense, this often difficult film about family, relationships, sexual politics, spiritual questing, faith and obsession further explores the director's abiding fascinations in excitingly unconventional terms.

Ms. Winslet is, by contrast, champagne and caviar for moviegoing grown-ups with good taste.

...a sexual awakening of sorts for both of its characters.