It was well worth the 3-hour watch.Ĭontent Note: There is some brief female nudity, two shots in combination with non-explicit sex scenes. I rolled my eyes, laughed, cried, and sighed by the end. And Paul Bettany is always a roguish joy to watch.

Keira Knightley is a star in the making here. It was a revelation to see her in this, as I’m most familiar with her over-the-top comedic work. Joanna Lumley as his wife, is terrific, just the right balance of humor and seriousness.

Plus, it is such a pleasure to see Peter O’Toole as the Carey-Lewis patriarch. But the story holds, and it is really well acted. And yeah, it jumps a bit in terms of timeframes. Sure, it’s got its clichés and eye-rolling melodramatic moments. Okay, too much! Mum’s the word now! A Well-Acted, Poignant TaleĬoming Home is not a groundbreaking drama, but it is a solid and poignant little story of one woman’s life in a time of war. Sometimes, one’s first love doesn’t last. But suffice it to say, no one gets through war completely unscathed. Judith’s plans for Oxford are squashed, and she becomes a secretary for the Royal Navy.Īnd I’m not going to tell much more of the A whole generation of young men sent off to fight. Men are rounded up for war, including Edward, his friend Jeremy, Loveday’s boyfriend Gus, and on it goes. Judith’s parents and little sister are still in Singapore, in the path of Japanese aggressors. And even the seemingly carefree and magical realm of Nancherrow cannot keep the horrors at bay. RELATED: HOME FIRES TV REVIEW – THE WWII BATTLES OF WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONTīut the drums of war sound in the distance. (Might I just say that it was a piece of casting genius to cast Paul Bettany as Peter O’Toole’s son). He is a charming, sexy rake with a devil-may-care twinkle in his eye. Judith is quickly adopted into thisĪnd as the years pass, schoolgirl Judith develops into a lovely young woman, who has her “adoptive” brother Edward Carey-Lewis (Bettany) eyeing her with something more than brotherly love. She also introduces Judith to the whole Carey-Lewisįamily, who are loving, fun, generous, who have created a little piece of isolated Holidays, introducing Judith to a whole realm of wealth and privilege, long from Loveday invites Judith home to Nancherrow for She has been left in England as a ward of her eccentric, widowed aunt.

Judith’s parents and her little sister are abroad, in Singapore, for her father’s business. Judith Dunbar meets and becomes fast friends with Loveday Carey-Lewis at boarding school.

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