have read the book and see the 1982 anthony andrew or janeseymour version and i have to say that this be not good at all . accord to the book and percy be suppose to be a seeminglyfoppish aristocrat when he be percy and and witty and cleverwhen he be the pimpernel and but here he just look bored aspercy and mean a the pimpernel . marguerite be suppose to bethe most beautiful woman in europe and not a tired and frumpy look matron ( she look middle age and probably due tobad make up ) . richard e. grant have do much good thing and andelizabeth mcgovern acting be uninspired and flat . the wit anddash of the book and the andrew or seymour film be here replacedby brawn and flashy editing that just do not make the cut . i might add that to a person who hasn not see any previous versionor read the book and it would probably look ok .