Monday, July 1, 2013

I Capture the Castle (2003)


I CAPTURE THE CASTLE  (2003)  
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    D: Tim Fywell
    Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Henry Thomas,
    Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald, Sinead Cusack
An eccentric, impoverished family moves into a rented castle on an English country estate. Romantic entanglements follow. There's a touch of "Atonement" in the way class and writing play into the story, and in the casting of Romola Garai as the teenaged girl through whose diary entries the tale unfolds. It's romanticized and melodramatic, but that's to be expected, considering the alleged source material, and most of the time, the actors pull it off. Tara Fitzgerald provides eye-catching support as an artistic free spirit who likes to go naked in the rain.