(Romola Garai), as they both navigate the "Vanity Fair" of social climbing, war, and heartbreak. Eye For Film Critical Analysis A "Kinder" Becky Sharp
In the current era of prestige television, where period dramas are often desaturated and "gritty" (think The Crown or The Favourite ), the feels refreshingly alive. It dares to be beautiful. It dares to let its anti-heroine cry. And most importantly, it dares to ask: What if Becky Sharp wasn't a villain, but a woman trapped in a fair where the games are all rigged? vanity fair -2004 film-
Opposite her, James Purefoy delivers a career-best turn as the rakish Captain Rawdon Crawley. Unlike the foppish interpretations of the past, Purefoy’s Rawdon is a brute with a broken heart. His slow realization that Becky values a diamond necklace over their son is devastating. The supporting cast reads like a masterclass: Gabriel Byrne as the haunted Marquess of Steyne, Bob Hoskins as the vulgar but lovable Pitt Crawley, and a young Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the doomed George Osborne. (Romola Garai), as they both navigate the "Vanity