In I've Loved You So Long, Kristin Scott Thomas arrives at her sister's after a 15-year absence so haunted and withdrawn, she's only there as an extension to her cigarette. Early warning flashes of cutesiness in the sister's feisty adopted Vietnamese children and stroke-silenced father-in-law with a twinkle in his eyes soon lead to an irresistible momentum in her re-entry into the world of the living. And so we're set on a linear narrative trajectory, following the gradual revelation of why she was in prison and disowned by her parents.This is basically a superior soap that constantly, teasingly promises more depth than it's capable of delivering. It's just fortunate that Scott Thomas does wan and emotionally tortured with such understated poise; her performance raises the whole piece above the humdrum until the crashing shock of the frankly illogical denouement.
5/10
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