Bright Star (2009)

Campion has beautiful visuals and a knack for capturing intimate moments on film, but the entirety of the movie isn't greater than the sum of its individual scenes.  Something is lacking in the scenes that stitch together the overarching story.  For example, when Keats is miffed that Brown has sent a valentine to Fanny, Fanny and Brown wander after Keats in the rain into the wood and Keats takes Brown to task for this "joke" because it's no laughing matter that Brown has the means to marry and Keats does not, while Brown declares Keats a fool for falling for Fanny, who is notorious for "collecting" suitors.  Fanny is there to... well, not do much more than look confused and hurt.  The scene would be much stronger if played out just between Brown and Keats (and would Fanny's family have allowed her to wander out in the rain *alone* after two men?), but Fanny helped create a beautiful line of Keats, Brown, and Brawne across an open green field prior to the scene in the woods, and so the desire for a beautiful visual won out over solid storytelling.  Too bad.