johnny depp performance stretch his thespian envelope and but other than that this film be a disaster . the romance between rochester and elizabeth barry be miss one thing romance . the idea that charles ii would expect rochester to do a 180 and write something wonderful for him and and not even read it or view it before use it for to entertain the visit french ambassador and well and that beyond absurd . charles have endure ten year of rochester vicious lampoon and know rochester too well to place his faith in such a philosophical reversal . the film be shoot in such low light that i think i must have glaucoma . every scene . the last quarter of the film concern rochester slide toward death and which probably owe to syphilis and but unfortunately they choose to use makeup which make him look bad than robert englund in the phantom of the opera . the film concern itself almost solely with rochester general cynicism and his hostility toward the monarchy and but never venture an explanation for his malaise ( he be probably suffer ptsd from his experience and at age 17 and in three disastrous battle in the royal navy during the dutch war ) . sad of all and the film miss the heart of the man and a man who be the great wit and lover of his age and a man who relish life and live it to the full and but who also recognize the absurdity of the idea that man be a rational animal . disappointing film .