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This review originally ran in September during the Toronto International Film Festival.

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite

We are republishing it ahead of the films U.S. release.

Love at first sight, its not.

Nor is it at second, with Mary impatient with her charge and Charlotte used to softer treatment.

They walk along the shore, and it seems to brighten to a slightly lighter shade of grim.

They share the bed and some laughs over domestic mishaps.

Together, they retrieve a heavy specimen from a muddy cliffside.

Thats not the reason it feels so hollow.

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