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IClare
Jun 25, 2013IClare rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
This film didn't hold my attention, which I was surprised at because I love a good love story. Something was missing though, something to make me care about this love affair between Wallis Simpson and King Edward. And this "something" never came around because I didn't feel anything, good or bad, when he abdicated the throne for her. Perhaps it would have been a better film if the current story about Wally (Abbie Cornish's character) weren't trying to be woven in with that of the old love affair between Wallis and Edward. Again, I didn't care about the story involving Abbie Cornish's character. She was a privileged house wife with no life other than to go to Sotheby's everyday and look at artifacts from the great love affair between Wallis and Edward. I didn't understand why she married and left a job for a man who beats her, but miraculously has the courage to leave him one day. Her story bored me. The movie bored me and I wanted to turn it off, but I also wanted to see how it ended, to see if I didn't just waste 2 hours of my life watching this movie. The only thing I can say is that I liked the actress who played Wallis Simpson, Andrea Riseborough. She was good. I wanted to like the movie, but it just didn't do it for me.