2022 • LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022) dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022) dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)

Jack O’Connell as Oliver Mellors in Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022) dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

How did you like Lady Chatterleys Lover?

It was lovely! And that went beyond the (lovely, excellent, stupendous) sex.

I didn't expect to like Connie and Oliver individually as much as I did. Connie had a refreshing realism and was very much about taking each day as it comes, and trying to see the upside in things. This is in direct contrast to Sir Clifford who veered between wild optimism to the point of self-delusion and nihilism. Oliver truly was a gentleman in the ways that counted (Connie was right to note his "tenderness", even the little things like he walked her back to the gate after every tryst count imo).

Regarding the sex itself- it was hot, there's no denying it. I actually think the fact that they took their time with showing it (no one-pump chump scenes here, and there was oral!), and showing full nudity actually added to the emotional element and made it less tawdry. There were no dumb sex montages or gratuitous music (you could actually hear their moans and whatnot which, again, Hot). They also managed a MUCH better job of showing the female gaze than, say, Bridgerton. Hell, they even managed to show doggy-style from the female gaze in my opinion.

Basically, the viewer could see Connie and Oliver's relationship developing through sex and the intimacy that comes with it. This also made it special for me because I observed in a prior post that it's very rare for movies to do this. That's because often times in movies, there is like, one, sex scene and that's usually after some kind of build-up, rather than the sex itself being the build-up to love. Also, I deeply appreciated that there was never any scene that showed anyone (Connie especially) feeling guilty after sex, like... there was no "out damned spot" kinda guilt going on here. I've talked to a few people and every one of them named a different aspect of Connie and Oliver's sexual relationship that they were personally shook by so that was interesting.

There was this moment where Oliver is walking Connie back to the gate and he talks about how upper-class men, so called "gentlemen" have to be dead to a degree because of the soulless decisions they make in choosing to send men to mines or factories or to war and that HIT me so hard I almost teared up, probably because of the combination of his words and the romantic intimacy of the moment. Ultimately I did end up crying at the end because of the hope they'd carried with them (and Oliver's letter), despite everything they'd gone through.

I think we need more adaptations along this vein, and to be honest, this is the style in which I think historical romances can be adapted because they can stay true to the material of the text when it comes to the sex essentially being a building block in their romantic relationship.

emma corrin as connie reid in lady chatterley’s lover ( 2022 ).

FAYE MARSAY as Hilda Reed in LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER (2022)

Lady Chatterleys lover is trully a wonderful movie, but one of the things that stood out for me, aside from the lovely sex scenes and the romance, was how they portrayed caregiver burnout. Maybe it's because I'm living it.

Clifford is not a very easy patient, and I mean it in a way that at least at first, he has a very narrow minded way of seeing things; by wanting Connie to be his only caregiver. It's never fully explained why was that. Maybe he thought it was her duty as his wife, or maybe he didn't want anyone else to see him at his most vulnerable state. Either way, he failed to realize how hard and crushing it was for Connie. Yes, she was his wife, and there's the in sickness and in health part of the vows. But she wasn't a nurse, doctor, etc., someone who's mentally and physically trained for this kind of job. It took Connie to collapse and her sister, Hilda, who was not shy about it, for him to realize that she was trully strugling... and although my Journey has not been the same, I can relate because it's such a quiet strugle until you cannot take it anymore. Love is powerful, but in cases like this... it isn't always enough to keep you going. Because it's a long journey and the person that your taking care of and yourself have to understand that you need to take care of yourself as well.

JACK O'CONNELL as Oliver Mellors 2022 • Lady Chatterley's Lover • dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre 

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022) dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

I am pleased to inform you that i've just watched the Netflix Version of Lady Chatterleys Lover and i'm completley obsessed!

The only thing that felt a bit iffy to me is that towards the beginning of the movie, it almost felt like they were implying that her husband is a bad person because he doesn't want to sleep with her and it's like... yeah he sucks but that's because he's a selfish, classist wanker. But it really only was like two moments right at the beginning of the movie and then it focused on completely different stuff so I might be reading into it

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)

You can’t possibly expect me to claim that child as mine now. I don’t. I don’t. I want a divorce, Clifford. I’m leaving you. No. No, you can’t. Look, I’m so sorry about how this has all turned out, but we both know that this marriage has been very unhappy for a long time now. It hasn’t been. Not for me. Well, yes. Because you laid out all the rules. And I tried to follow them. I tried to support you in every way I could. But you gave me nothing in return. Not the slightest drop of affection or kindness. And what’s worse, you made me feel ashamed for even wanting those things. Emma Corrin as Lady Chatterley in Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)

Dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Language: English

LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER (2022) | dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre.