It's been like four days since I've seen this movie and I can't really remember it LMAO, so take that how you will. I haven't seen the Oscar winner or read the book, so I was flying in blind— I think that's why I was able to enjoy it as much as I did. That, and I think Lily James and Armie Hammer are very pretty people to look at ~respectfully~... The movie seems to jump around from genre to genre as it tries to unravel itself for the gothic horror it wants to be, and it's kind of a fun roller coaster, but it's a pretty slow one. How does a slow roller coaster even work...I don't know.

This movie definitely plays out like a soap opera. There's a ton of pieces missing, but if you're willing and open to do it, you can easily get invested in the characters and gasp at every dramatic little thing, filling in the gaps yourself. I think Lily James was absolutely amazing in her role as a timid naive middle-class girl, and Kristin Scott Thomas was fun as the antagonist; I'd say at some points she almost manages to touch the nerve that Dolores Umbridge sets aflame, HA. Worse than Voldemort, that one is. Did I like this movie? For sure! Would I rec this movie? Meeeehhhh. HAHA.