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I Capture the Castle CD1
Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain struggles to survive in a decaying English castle in 1930s where she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love.
24 July 1979, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1988, London, England, UK
15 September 1945, Wales, UK
12 December 1949, Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
9 September 1971, San Antonio, Texas, USA
March1991, Camden, London, England, UK
19 September 1954, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
21 February 1948, Isleworth, London, England, UK
February 09, 2004
...mines the rich veins of both Austen and Fitzgerald. But Fywell lets his focus wander. By the end Castle seems to come apart stone by stone.
October 14, 2003
Romala Garai is utterly convincing as the smart, wistful girl with the notebook.
August 08, 2003
With eloquent dialogue but scant smoldering passions, the mushy machinations nicely nudge director Tim Fywell's gentle little film.
October 03, 2003
The film is a charmer. It's romantic, funny and satisfying.
August 07, 2003
A refreshingly mature look at first love and life's often-rough transitions.
August 22, 2003
The filmmakers can't seem to unearth the novel's inherent lightheartedness and instead treat too many events with earnest seriousness, trampling the original story's lively spirit in heavy-handed drama.
July 25, 2003
Never shies from indulging us and our desire for a gentle and generous world that doesn't slip into easy answers.
August 08, 2003
Dollops on the usual romantic, family and class conflicts with a very heavy ladle, which pretty much smothers the whimsical mood Fywell strains so hard to attain.
October 20, 2003
The fancy-pants accents and period costuming make one feel intellectually smug, as if the afternoon had been spent watching a Merchant-Ivory film - only without the tedium of actually sitting through a Merchant-Ivory film.
September 12, 2003
Better on set-up than follow-through.
September 12, 2003
It has just enough charm to be watchable.
October 09, 2003
A quirky and handsome family drama that nicely captures the pangs and pleasures of adolescence.
