For a director who cut his teeth making short, snappy TV commercials, Garth Davis’ features are remarkably ponderous. One wonders for how long he can subsist on the glamour of the six Academy Award nominations he received for. Despite the fanfare, I thought it was a very ordinary film and suspect a lot of people are fibbing when they say how much they liked it. – an earnest attempt to reclaim the historical Mary from a thousand years of calumnies. It was worthy, verbose and frankly dull.
The genial Terrance tells him he’s still only on the shortlist and gives him a year to prepare for the journey. When Terrance returns, it’s with the good news that Junior has made the cut. This necessitates the government agent moving in with the couple, so he can observe Junior and put him through a series of tests.– to take over his husbandly duties. Junior’s replacement will look exactly like him and be equipped with all his memories.