I Capture the Castle

Name: I Capture the Castle
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: July 11, 2003
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, Rose Byrne

2003

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: July 11, 2003 | R

Starring: Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, Rose Byrne

Summary: A classic English story told in a fresh, vivacious style by the teenage heroine of the piece. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Director: Tim Fywell

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 113 min

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Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf

Funny, sad, moving and, above all, astute, making I Capture the Castle a fabulous film. Even the cars are tasty. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Screwball farce, romance, domestic tragicomedy and literary frolic rolled into one. Read full review

David Sterritt

It's surprising no filmmaker has adapted Dodie Smith's novel before now, and pleasing that Mr. Fywell and company have done such a responsible job with it. It's one of the season's most captivating surprises. Read full review

Kim Morgan

There's something refreshingly and truly girlish about the picture's musings and epiphanies that makes its R rating baffling. Read full review

Jami Bernard

A Jane Austen-like tale of sense and sensibility, with some of the wit, but, alas, none of the linguistic legerdemain. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

The boys and girls are so busy acting out their romantic fantasies or soulfully pining over impossible loves that, however photogenic they may be, they never seem to actually live their lives. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Garai's flowery, overwritten narration proves irritating in the movie's first half, then unfortunately sets the tone for a fatal second-half descent into soap operatics, dippy dialogue, and airless melodrama. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 27, 2021

This is quite a pleasant watch - its an easy story to follow, with perfectly nice characters. It has a dreamy feel to it, most of the time, with narration provided by the main character, an adolescent called Cassandra. It has a naivete to it and if your keen on coming of age type watches,This is quite a pleasant watch - its an easy story to follow, with perfectly nice characters. It has a dreamy feel to it, most of the time, with narration provided by the main character, an adolescent called Cassandra. It has a naivete to it and if your keen on coming of age type watches, more specifically of period dramas (in this case set in the 1930s I believe) then you'll likely find this enjoyable. It looked, to me, like a longer, film version of a BBC TV show - I think its part funded by the BBC, so that would make sense. Also, Henry Cavill is in this, playing Stephen Colley (this film obviously dated from before he took on the role of Superman, of course). Bill Nighy also appears, playing the main families father, James. He gives a pretty solid performance. Its a perfectly watchable film, although the plot is a little plain - its a reasonable watch and if it sounds of interest to you then yes, I suppose I would rrecommend it.… Expand

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