Sylvia (2003) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Sylvia
Year
2003
Running time
109 min.
Country
United Kingdom
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Genre
Drama. Romance | 1950s. Literature
Synopsis
The story of celebrated American poet Sylvia Plath and her turbulent marriage to a future poet laureate of England, Ted Hughes. Ted and Sylvia were a sensuous, volatile and brilliant couple who emerged as two of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Sylvia committed suicide in 1963, at the age of thirty, after being left by Ted.
Critics' reviews
- "This is the richest role Paltrow has had since ''Shakespeare in Love,'' and she rises to the challenge."
- "Despite an exceptional performance by Paltrow, whose Plath is a layer cake of infinite intelligence and bottomless need, Jeffs' film is an icy affair lacking the fever of Plath's and Hughes' poems"
- "Aside from Paltrow's performance, Sylvia is neither a film so spectacular it shouldn't be missed nor something so tepid you have to stay away"
- "For those who have read the poets and are curious about their lives, Sylvia provides illustrations for the biographies we carry in our minds"
- "There is an estimable integrity to the respect and fidelity with which the film regards its subjects, as well as an honesty in its attempt to illuminate the essences of these difficult people."
- "The problem with Christine Jeffs’s Sylvia, as with most movies about deeply troubled artists, is that for the most part we are seeing the troubles and not the artist."
- "Though the sketchy narrative could do with a bit of filling out, and the settings could be less gloomy, this is a memorable interpretation that benefits enormously from sound casting decisions"
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