Yes, I agree with you about Ramola and Johnny LM - both are great actors in other roles, but were left to flap around in a flabby old script for this one, without really seeming to capture the body language of the period either...which is great because I didn't want our Knightley pushed off his pedestal
(Surprising, re the original bloggers, that anyone would consider not letting their children watch a period drama because of the lowcut dresses - and surprising you could get a child to actually sit down to watch a period drama)