This week features two stories with female leads that get lost in the mess of the pacing of their films, “EMMA.” and “Wendy” are up for review.
While “EMMA.” is the latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” it suffers from trying to remain too faithful to the source material and doesn’t have enough of the adaptation factor. Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Tanya Reynolds, Connor Swindells, Callum Turner, Josh O’Connor, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, and Bill Nighy star.
“Wendy” is another adaptation, this time of “Peter Pan” but from Wendy’s point of view. Filmed with non-actors/first time actors, this adaptation DOES have some clever ways it differentiates itself from the original, but the pacing drags it out too long. Benh Zeitlen of “Beasts of the Southern Wild” directs.
