Given the setting, the A list actors, it being a story by Anton Chekhov, this didn't spark for me. I am not a harsh critic by any means but I have to say that I was disappointed in this one, but I shouldn't have been considering the quality of the cast. I didn't find the story of any consequence and none of the characters engaging at all. But I am not saying that someone else of a different disposition and tastes wouldn't find it a worthwhile watch.