Victorian England meets Bollywood with a splash of Sham-Wow! The people who made this movie cared more about visual style than actually telling a story, any story, let alone the story in the book. There is no continuity of storyline it is rendered in leaps and bounds, a good majority of the acting is very very bad, and the characters are badly miscast. The costumes were awful, the hairstyles copied from Spock, and the aura was the Roman Empire under Tiberius and Caligula . How bad was the actor who played George?!?The only "bright spot" if you can call it so, is Reese Witherspoon. I would say her acting is acceptable and sometimes good, but she is no Victorian Woman.The book is a masterpiece and this movie is one HOT mess.