this be an adaptation of an edith wharton work and whose writing be amaze . sadly and this movie never shake the feeling that these 20th century movie people do not grasp the 19th century repression and desperation wharton work depicts . ward and dalton aren not so bad and but alicia witt wooden performance make me wince . she be suppose to be play the restless element of the story and but she stand like a stick the whole movie long and and i never believe a word out of her mouth . when she ask sela ward why can not i move you . near the end of the film and i couldn not help but answer represent that what i have be wonder for the last hour and a half .