Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: No Mirth here.

This movie definitely needed a laugh or two; it was deathly dull. Gillian Anderson's dialogue sounded as if she was reading from a book, and the rest of the characters weren't much better. We didn't particularly care what happened at the end; we just wanted the tedious affair to expire. These period piece usually don't move very fast anyway, but this one made glaciers look like tornadoes in comparison. The DVD picture quality was uneven; some shots were spectacular, while others (expecially those with Ms. Anderson) looked like they were shot through some sort of filter. I know this film was well received by most critics. I guess we just missed the point.