Who would have guessed that a film about a con artist could be so boring? Based IRL too.
A Welsh beggar poses as a Javanese princess. She's obviously white, makes up a language from gibberish, and invents a religion and even the island "Javasu." Manages to fool local nobles, a reporter, and a so called scholar. Even the smallest research should have exposed her. She wasn't caught until other poor Welsh from her hometown recognized her.
How do you make that dull? Con artists have had good films made about them starring DiCaprio, Steve Martin, and others. But here, the pacing drags incredibly. Lots of long shots of nobles homes. Dull parties with dull elites rambling.
The film should have featured her real early life, her motives, and the ignorance and cultural stereotypes believed by nobles that let the "princess" fool them so long. Instead we get the least interesting part of the story, with fine actors trapped in it. Even after she's exposed, we get lots of dull talking from these same dull (both boring and stupid) elites, and very little from her.
A Welsh beggar poses as a Javanese princess. She's obviously white, makes up a language from gibberish, and invents a religion and even the island "Javasu." Manages to fool local nobles, a reporter, and a so called scholar. Even the smallest research should have exposed her. She wasn't caught until other poor Welsh from her hometown recognized her.
How do you make that dull? Con artists have had good films made about them starring DiCaprio, Steve Martin, and others. But here, the pacing drags incredibly. Lots of long shots of nobles homes. Dull parties with dull elites rambling.
The film should have featured her real early life, her motives, and the ignorance and cultural stereotypes believed by nobles that let the "princess" fool them so long. Instead we get the least interesting part of the story, with fine actors trapped in it. Even after she's exposed, we get lots of dull talking from these same dull (both boring and stupid) elites, and very little from her.