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My Cousin Rachel

My Cousin Rachel (2017)

June. 09,2017
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6
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PG-13
| Drama Romance

A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

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GazerRise
2017/06/09

Fantastic!

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Spoonatects
2017/06/10

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

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Stoutor
2017/06/11

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

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ActuallyGlimmer
2017/06/12

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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dudewheresmycousin
2017/06/13

I was looking forward to Daphne Du Maurier Rachel come to life on the big screen. I am a fan of Rachel Weiz and her work and I thought she was a great choice for the role but though their were some key elemants from the book there was nothing added in its place and the film just left me wanting more and not in a good way.

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irregulargrid
2017/06/14

What bothered me was the lack of help and when they do appear they dull witted.

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kraveheart
2017/06/15

This is my first review that has ever been negative. The story is good, the acting is great but the satisfaction at the end will leave you feeling cheated. A mystery is only fascinating and worthwhile when it is solved. The writers have chosen to waste the viewer's time by not resolving the mystery. Was she bad, or was it him? It never tells you. The writers remind me of the ones who did the TV series Lost. They too played with viewers, creating sub-plot after sub-plot but failing in the end to resolve the mysteries and bring satisfaction. Not your usual spoilers because I didn't really tell you much. Just avoid it or else you may be writing your own negative review about the time you wasted on this movie.

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jc-osms
2017/06/16

"My Cousin Rachel" based on the Daphne Du Maurier is a satisfyingly traditional murder mystery with a did she or didn't she riddle at its heart and an equally traditional love story thrown-in for good measure.The "she" in question is of course the Rachel of the title, played by Rachel Weisz, as the recently dispossessed widow of the adored cousin of Philip Ridley, a young man soon to come of age and who by dint of his cousin's failure to leave a will and the archaic law of the time which meant a man's estate must bypass his wife and in the absence of any children go to his nearest male relative, inherits everything.However a cryptic note from beyond the grave which reaches him casts doubt on the widow's part in the deceased cousin's death and fired up by rage and revenge, young Ridley determines to have it out with her only to fall victim to her older, feminine wiles as a relationship starts to blossom between them. All goes well, until the day she gives him the ultimate coming-of-age birthday gift and then suddenly it seems changes towards him, as he gallantly if impetuously makes her a gift of the estate. Worse yet, he starts to fall ill just like his cousin before him and finally starts listening to the warnings coming from his guardian and his daughter, Louise, the latter of whom is obviously in love with him.There are a fair number of plot holes to be overlooked if you want to enjoy the film, like the way incriminating beyond-the-grave letters keep turning up from his late cousin, the way that Ridley falls ill just like his cousin did, seemingly after tasting Rachel's very own special brew and why the keen rider that she is couldn't keep her horse away from a not-that- dangerous cliff-edge. Perhaps I'm reading too much into that little glint in the eye of Louise at the end-credit sequence with her now safely married to her man, but I think her possible culpability, however faint, seems a more plausible outcome than Rachel's apparent innocence after the latter leaves such a guilt-ridden trail.Nicely shot in and around pretty English scenery and country house locations, well acted by Sam Claflin as the besotted young man and Weisz as the femme fatale, so long as you can excuse the various liberally-strewn red-herrings on display this was an entertaining enough, if far-fetched melodrama perhaps more redolent of old-fashioned story-telling movie-making of several decades ago, which I didn't mind at all.

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