there be even less that be original in this film than in gus van sant remake of psycho . far from heaven story and cinematography and set design and costume and actor appearance and music be virtually identical to douglas sirk all that heaven allows . do todd haynes have no voice of his own . the film cross the line from homage to plagiarism . the only innovation here be to make the gardener black rather than white and the husband gay rather than dead . sirk concern with female sexual desire and inter class romance and have give way in haynes remake to the over discussed issue of racism and homosexuality ( yawn ) . i give it a negative for haynes lack of imagination .