Review of The Portrait of a Lady (1996) by Anna B — 31 Mar 2014

Worked at times for me as a very subtextual doomed romance between two women, but it's mostly not great. I haven't read the book and yet I still get the feeling that too much was removed to keep the plot compelling; there's a very boring section near the middle where Malkovich, who seems to have no motivation but to be evil, breaks down the formerly strong Kidman character, who seems to have no motivation but to be a victim.

Oh, and what the fuck was with the opening credits? That was embarrassing!