i rent this movie and think it look like a wonderfully delightful historical piece . what i get be a piece of pure garbage . this movie be confuse in most spot and choppy in almost every spot and dreadful in all spot . mira sorvino portrayal of a queen play a young male scholar be depress at best . ben kingsley should have be strip of his knighthood for even consider this film a one of his project . fiona shaw should definitely stick to play petunia dursley while at least the harry potter movie be more entertaining than this thing they call a play within a movie . the cinematography look like some college kid take a class in cinematography 101 and fail miserably . almost every scene in the movie be chop up for some sort of effect while the end result of course be the cheesy bit of edit i have ever see . jay rodan be almost good a agis while too bad he have such a bad script to work with . rachael stirling give her best effort a the almost gullible lady in wait . in the end and i really wish blockbuster video give refund . i be so glad i do not spend 10 buck watch this fiasco in the theater . if they have be perform this marivaux play since the 18th century and it make me wonder how many people over the age have have their best nap during this work . if i have be there and they wouldn not have hear the play over the snoring . thank goodness for the modern convenience of dvd player while you can skip past the boring or awful scene . guess that mean i only watch the beginning and the end .