Went to see this last night. Eugh. I'm so sentimental I can cry at a hovis ad, but this just left me feeling marginally nauseous, without even the hint of a tear in my eye. I actually wanted them to shoot the bloody horse, look after some PEOPLE and be done with it. Whereas the stage show had me weeping near uncontrollably. This movie was like being mugged - emotionally. And what was with the whole Gone WIth The Wind riff? Wha...? The Manchester audience sat baffled and unmoved. You could hear a muttered shrug of 'it were ok. Looked very nice.' on the way out.

Also disconcerting for a Brit audience was the appearance of that actor from Un Prophete who looks like TV chef Anthony Worrall Thompson - recently charged with shoplifting from Sainsburys. Nice to see the Danish actor from The Killing 2 (who played minister Buch) as one of the Germans. Danish, German, same thing Steve....

And when the line: 'I bid twenty six of your English pounds!' was spat out by the evil horse eating butcher from Cambrais Gail and I laughed out loud. Presumably Steve decided francs were just a step too far for American audiences to understand. Lol.

Try Chronicle for a fresh take on an old theme. The surprise hit of the season it's number one in the UK Box Office with barely a whisper of pre publicity.