Haley Bennett performs the role of Cliquot quite admirably. The supporting cast is fine but aside from her performance no other actor or actress is memorable. There is a lot of dead time in this movie which is likely because the only real point of the movie is to show that she had to overcome the politics of the time with Napoleonic laws and men believing she wasn't cut out to run the vineyard. I would have liked to see more scenes showing how hard she had to work aside from just constantly watching her mix ingredients in vials. There are some parts of her facing men who doubted her, but I wanted more so you could really root for her.
The court scene at the end I thought had so much potential to be used to tell her story of what she had to go through in greater detail, but instead it was decided to just be an exclamation point for her story.
As a side note, all of the accents are very British which is confusing to me considering they're supposed to be French.
Overall, it's not a bad film, and shows that individuals have the ability to overcome their political surroundings. However, it certainly isn't one that will wow you either.
