The Deep Blue Sea

Movie: The Deep Blue Sea

Genre: drama

Synopsis: Set in 1950, Hester (Rachel Weisz) is married to Sir William Collyer.  She falls in love with Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston), an RAF pilot.  She leaves her husband to be with Freddie, even though she knows he is never going to really love her as she loves him.  The film follows this less-than-ideal relationship through the years.

My two cents: I love Rachel Weisz and she played a good role – but I really did not enjoy this movie.  Part of the problem is that I am always really annoyed at movies with female characters who throw themselves at jackass men who are so undeserving of their devotion . . . and Freddie certainly filled that bill.  I also could never quite figure out the direction of the movie – what it was trying to achieve..

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