the reason i give this awful film a 4 instead of a 1 be the wonderful cinematography . this film be beautifully capture in it brilliant color and wonderful landscape . unfortunately and the main character in this be practically unwatchable . the first time you notice that something be wrong be when we get our first closeup of our heroine . for live out in gascony and france in the late 1600s and why be valentine wear heavy eye shadow and cheek blush and and bright lip stick . she do the best she can with the dialog she give but ohhh and such dialog . then and in a society that be 200 year away from woman suffrage and she expect . demand . to be treat equally with the men without even prove herself . she even rudely burst into the musketeer commander office and demand to speak with him . he rightly should have throw out anyone who try that except the king . she take it a an insult that he be not impressed with her . she doesn not try to hide her feminine side at all include have a tailor make and curve hug musketeer uniform . this would have work out well if it be more a connecticut yankee type where a modern woman be send back in time but her modern sensibility be entirely out of place in this film . i be not sure why a great talent like michael york agree to appear in this travesty but i guess a paycheck be a paycheck . if you want to watch a film where a woman take on a man world and try disney mulan . the story and act be much well .