Oscar and Lucinda

This is after all a Gillian Anderson picture, which means the film's physical production is just as impressive as its spiritual apsiration; Cate Blanchett, in a role originally intended for Judy Davis, is bound to become a major star

There's a lack of dramatic focus, and the leads fail to evince any particular chemistry.

Oscar and Lucinda begins with the look of a period literary adaptation, but this is not Dickens, Austen, Forster or James; Carey's novel is playful and manipulative, and so is the film.

Fiennes and Blanchett have a special magic and air of giddy humor about them when they are together.