Collette

This look at the life of the early 20th century novelist Collette and her experiences as ghost-writer with her material sold under her husband's name covers some familiar territory but does it reasonably well. Keira Knightley charts the arc of Collette's growing assurance from innocent wife to sophisticated bisexual in control of her life with vim, and Dominic West as the dodgy husband at least gets a reasonable chance to show why the manipulative bastard of a husband is at least somewhat charmingly seductive during the early stages. And it's nice and glossy and there's a certain charm to it, but this never really drew me in particularly. It's perfectly adequate cinema that probably won't frighten the horses, but I was never more than mildly engaged.