Taken from a graphic novel which in turn was a rough adaptation of Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd. Impossibly lovely depiction of the English countryside...a perfect little village. Unsettlingly mean-spirited humor throughout.
The titular character, returning to her native village, has had a nose job and is now transformed into a beautiful, sophisticated reporter who can't seem to keep her knickers on. Although there's a love interest set up right at the start, this thread is ignored while she gets involved in two stupid affairs...thus losing our sympathy/allegiance and leading me to question her sanity.
There's cheating, deception by a pair of slutty, foul-mouthed teenage girls and general hatefulness by most parties presented. And an extremely obnoxious dog, who, miraculously for an English film, ends up getting shot.
I guess this was meant to be modern, knowing and clever. It wasn't.
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