The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman
Directed by:
Ralph FiennesScreenplay:
Abi MorganCinematography:
Rob HardyComposer:
Ilan EshkeriCast:
Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Fairley, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Tom Burke, Perdita Weeks, Charlotte Hope, John Kavanagh, Joanna Scanlan (more)VOD (4)
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Ralph Fiennes brings to life a hidden chapter from the life of Charles Dickens - his thirteen-year affair with Nelly Ternan. Fiennes both directs and stars in Abi Morgan’s moving adaptation of Claire Tomalin’s book, which sensitively depicts a hitherto underplayed factor of Dickens’ great career, as he strives to keep secret an affair with a woman twenty-seven years his junior (played by Felicity Jones). It was a subterfuge that would affect the tenor of his much of his later work. Fiennes elegantly mounts an intelligent and adult biopic that features some exceptional performances, not least from Fiennes himself in the lead role, which he had to be persuaded to adopt having originally only signed on as director. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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Tasteful, clear, and sensitive. This is exactly what you get in this biography of Charles Dickens as seen through the eyes of Ralph Fiennes. I recommend it particularly to fans of Great Expectations. Austen's biography Becoming Jane is similarly good.
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Ralph Fiennes will be fairly recognized by critics because he directs films that can accurately capture the time and environment and are capable of captivating strong emotions, even though they do not try to be pleasing to the viewer, rather as if they discourage them with their pace and structure. I liked "Coriolanus" a little more, but even this is not a mass-pleasing film. It didn't impress me in any way.
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