Rebecca

— I’m not sure “Rebecca” needed a refresh or an update or anything else, but as long as Netflix come up with one, I watched it. Ends up it’s an attractive film with pretty places and pretty people, but it’s missing the unsettling nature infused in every paragraph of du Maurier’s novel and every scene of Hitchcock’s film version. Kirstin Scott Thomas does the best job of the bunch and she’s certainly chilling but anything falls flat bouncing off Lily James. It might be okay if you have no familiarity with the story but otherwise, it’s a disappointment. [Netflix streaming.]

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[2020. 121 minutes. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Ann Dowd.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rebecca-movie-review-2020