The film consists of 4 short stories that are little bourgeois ditties with social climbing fixtures (bridge, clubs, Monte Carlo etc...) all dull by modern standards. The movie version has none of the Maugham's sharp prose and observations that would have made the books more enjoyable. As another reviewer observed the material doesn't age well.
Here is the run down... a female thief at Monte Carlo.... A frustrated piano wanna be artist....A boyish kite flyer (the dullest).....and a middle aged wife who suddenly publishes tremendously successful love poems. Yawn....
Maugham catered to the middle class....I found I forgot the 4 stories as soon as I watched them...not a good sign.
If you have nothing better to do they are OK to pass some time don't expect to get anything lasting out of them. Better yet read the books.
Here is the run down... a female thief at Monte Carlo.... A frustrated piano wanna be artist....A boyish kite flyer (the dullest).....and a middle aged wife who suddenly publishes tremendously successful love poems. Yawn....
Maugham catered to the middle class....I found I forgot the 4 stories as soon as I watched them...not a good sign.
If you have nothing better to do they are OK to pass some time don't expect to get anything lasting out of them. Better yet read the books.