I loved the series, but didn’t love the movie. Didn’t hate it either.
I thought the cinematography was poor, more on the level for an average TV show. I was expecting gorgeous cinematography, something like Michael Coulter (Ang Lee’s “Sense and sensibility”) would have done.
I loved the series, but was disappointed in the movie.
At the coaxing of my daughter, I watched the series online and loved them. The problem with the movie was there were so many trailers I knew the movie contents almost by heart. So I had only one surprise and that was with the announcement of the duchesse’s health. I think the movie should have been done as episodes. They could have done dozens of episodes instead of all the going ons in a couple hours. Not enough of Mr. Bates for me in the movie.