Spellbound (2019)

Spellbound (2019). 1h 41m

“Henry James u0026#39; short story (a dozen of pages) dealt with a ghost story ,Gothic style ; his novella u0026quot;turn of the screw u0026quot; spawned a horror classic (u0026quot;the innocents u0026quot; by Jack Clayton 1961) and u0026quot;the ghostly rental u0026quot; was successfully adapted here as a MTV film u0026quot;la redevance du fantômeu0026quot; .In u0026quot;The friends of our friends u0026quot; ,the storyteller tells about a womanu0026#39;s story ,based on an imaginary diary :it provides the movie with its outline : vision of a person at the moment of his/her death ,jealousy of a dead one ..u0026quot;you must choose between me and heru0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePascal Bonitzer butchered James ; transferred to our era ,the film could hardly possess a Gothic atmosphere ,but one could at last expect a sense of mystery ,something disturbing ; ,and never,in a month of Sundays ,one feels anguish, hidden forces (u0026quot;the mark of his hidden handu0026quot;)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJames u0026#39; u0026quot;unquenchable desire u0026quot; is replaced by long sex scenes ;for good measure ,the heroine sits naked for her friend /artist.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf it werenu0026#39;t enough ,the cast is not up to scratch :Sara Giraudeau u0026#39;s(like father ,like daughter ,nohow)namby-pamby acting and her looking flabbergasted get on oneu0026#39;s nerve in the long run , and Nicolas Maury u0026#39;s affected delivery does not help .”