A dashing French Army officer, capitaine Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves, is captured by the British during the Napoleonic Wars and sent to a Scottish prison camp. There he falls for a local girl, befriends the commanding officer, and discovers a surprising secret about his long-lost grandfather.
Cast
Jean-Marc Barr as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
DVDTalk gave it a rating of 1 out of 5, and said it "feels like a made-for-television special" and "I'm normally enthusiastic about historically-based movies, even flawed ones. St. Ives is more than flawed; it's dull and insipid."[3]
The Radio Times gave it 2 out of 5.[4]The Guardian said it was no classic, but asked does it matter "because costume drama is already the ultimate TV genre [...] it has always been able to demonstrate a reassuringly pantomime take on all other forms of television entertainment."[5]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has two reviews, both negative.[6]
References
^"Best of the rest". Inside Soap (128): 52–53. 29 May – 11 June 1999.
