St. Ives (1998 film)

St. Ives (released under the name All for Love in the UK[1]) is a 1998 television film based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name.

The film stars Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Richard E. Grant and Jean-Marc Barr.

There he falls for a local girl, befriends the commanding officer, and discovers a surprising secret about his long-lost grandfather.

[2] 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.

[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.