{"id":43450,"date":"2026-01-31T10:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43450"},"modified":"2026-01-31T10:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:10:21","slug":"belated-movie-reviews-930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/01\/31\/belated-movie-reviews-930\/","title":{"rendered":"Belated Movie Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oh, stop going about how our Vampire Master likes your sun dress!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

I Capture the Castle<\/b><\/i><\/a> (2003) is the story of a British literary family, the Mortmains, who, years ago – it seems to be set around the gap between the Wars, based on the cars – rented and moved into a castle in an attempt to break the writer’s block afflicting the father of the family, James, who wrote one novel and came to an abrupt halt.<\/p>\n

The tactic is a flop, a result James keeps to himself, and the family soldiers on, buoyed by a collection of literary tropes, such as the novel will be done soon and save us all<\/em>, or the romantic notion of marrying money to save the family from the appalling notion of real poverty, while James struggles to piece together a single sentence. He’s married to an artist, and has two daughters and a son.<\/p>\n

As their financial walls close in around them, their landlord changes as an American, Simon, appears, having inherited wealth and title from his English father, along with a buddy. The two Mortmain daughters do their best to attract the attention of money, err, men, and it’s off to the slightly farcical races.<\/p>\n

Is it good? Maybe. I enjoyed it, and at its core the story is simple, but there are undercurrents that I sensed but couldn’t isolate. What of Stephen, the nephew of a former maid to the family? Is he nothing more than a throwaway, or is he symbolic of the family’s disillusionment?<\/p>\n

Your call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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