There’s a lot of sexual violence in the film, but it scans as unimaginatively repulsive and blatantly misogynistic.
The film is consistently, and often dispiritingly, mired in the quaint tradition of the classy costume drama.
There are a few effectively disquieting sequences early on, but the film never recovers from director Kevin Macdonald’s indifferent staging of a pivotal moment.
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