Easy Virtue

Directed by Stephan Elliot. Written by Stephan Elliot and Sheridan Jobbins. Starring Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Ealing Studios - 2008

Three Stars of Review! ***

This 20's era comedy about a mostly snobby and entirely dysfunctional British family vs. their American interloper leans more towards screwball humor than dry English wit. It takes a good half hour before it finally gets its legs, but if you happen to have more than a passing love of these kinds of period pieces (I am one of those people by the way) then you'll find it entertaining enough. Just don't get hung up on the morals. The people in these stories never do. Oh, if you're into British comedies you'll most likely spot the chick from The IT Crowd.