The Beguiled (2017)

During the Civil War, one of the few girls still housed at a southern young ladies' boarding school nearby comes across a wounded Union soldier in the woods. She helps him to the school, where his injury is treated and he's allowed to convalesce... and to awaken libidos.

It's well-made and stands on its own, but it pales slightly when compared to the original. I'm just not sure why this needed to be remade when the Clint Eastwood version still packs a punch. But, then again, maybe the answer is as easy as "Colin Farrell," who does some damn fine beguiling work of his own here.

B+