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Jamaica inn daphne du maurier review7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() What hold did the Vicar of Altarnun have over Joss Merlyn which so ensnared him to his will? And why did the Vicar stick to the pretence of being a man of God. In fact, the storytelling was pretty slapdash. Where it falls down is in the pretty mediocre script and storytelling: where subtle exposition and greater characterisation were needed, we got, instead, the pretty usual two-dimensional TV version good and evil. ![]() I rather liked the acting, too, and thought it well cast. OK it has been castigated for several anachronisms, but if you are not aware of them - and I was not - they won't spoil your viewing. Effort and imagination went in to making the story very much of its time and although the various Cornish accents are at times a little off (I live there - here - and can tell, although I'm not myself Cornish), it does take you back to the early years of the 19th century when life was not half as sweet as it is now for most of us. That's a shame, because there is a lot about it which makes it stand out from what another production might have settled for. It's a reasonable stab at a great tale, but sadly this latest version of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn takes too many television shortcuts to satisfy and really impress. ![]()
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