"A Doll's House" Characters

We just watched the movie "A Doll's House", a film adapation of the play by Henrik Ibsen. I found it to be an interesting play. However, I didn't like any of the characters, except for maybe Krogstad, which makes it difficult to really enjoy.
Nora, the female protagonist, came across as annoying and naive, seeming to think that every problem has a simple solution and no real consequences. However, I excuse her those faults and blame them instead on her husband, Torvald, who viewed her, and women in general, as too delicate to deal with life. If Nora's children are the toys in her dollhouse of a life, she is Torvald's. When she wants him to do smoething for her, she resorts to begging like a child. She isn't viewed as an equal adult, she is somone to be sheltered and protected. Men who treat women like that really get on my nerves, and Torvald's sentiment that he wouldn't want Nora to get anywhere without him or his permission irked me. He turns on Nora as soon as he finds out that she has done things behind his back, and then expects everything to be okay the moment he "forgives'' her. He refers to Nora as his squirrel, bird, or other small animal, inferring that she isn't even the same quality of human as he is.

Kristine Linde, the other main woman in the play, aroused some dislike as well. Both in the present time in play and the past, her only bargaining chips seem to be sexual. First she gives up her love for Krogstad in order to marry for money. After her husband has died, she goes to Krogstad and tells him that she still cares for him, but this is only after learning that Nora needs help, and it seems very fake to me. She also strikes me as deceptive. Nora goes to her for help, telling her that she forged her father's signature in order to borrow money from Krogstad when Torvald was sick, and now Krogstad has sent a letter to Torvald telling him all this. Kristine promises to persuade Krogstad to change his mind. As aforementioned, she tells him that she still loves him, and he is quite willing to demand his letter back unread. However, Kristine tells him, basically, to let Nora ride out the storm. I'm not saying that this wasn't a good choice, as it did open Nora's eyes to Torvald's true colors, but it wasn't what she said she would do.

Dr. Rank, a friend of the family, is an extremely creepy man. He admits to Nora that he is in love with her, and seems very obsessed with her throughout the story. Nora doesn't know how to deal with this. She is a very innocent person and had never thought that he would view her as more than a friend, especially since she is young enough to be his daughter. I can't help but think that the doctor should have gone for Kristine. As long as he's got money, I doubt she'd have a problem with it.

Krogstad is the only one to me who genuinely comes off as trapped by his circumstances, and didn't annoy me to death. I didn't particulary like him, but he didn't annoy me.

So there ya have it. I somehow manage to like "A Doll's House" without liking any of the characters, and despising most of them. Life's weird.