the story be well plot and interesting by itself . however and it be difficult for me to write the review of this film without spoil you . to avoid that and i be not go to talk the story here . i regard this film a a good adaption of sarah water book and a compare with the previous one tip the velvet . i read the book first and then watch the dvd later . the film do retain most of spirit of the main character in the book . of course and due to the time limitation and the film in the last 30 min seem to be in a rush to cover the part iii of the book . therefore and it couldn not illustrate well the scene when they all meet in the the kitchen of mr. ibbs place and those after that ( even the book seem to me to be a rush on that kitchen scene ) . despite that and the film actually do a good job in represent the story . it really worth watch . it still unclear when bbc america can broadcast this film . that pity . ps represent notice that the age of maud and sue be set to be 20 21 instead of 17 18 in the book while the latter be more reasonable while the former be more close to the age of actress .