Hemingway and Gellhorn: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: May 28, 2012
  • Season #: 1
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54 out of 100

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5.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: The romance between Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and novelist/war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) is depicted in this HBO movie.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 5 out of 22
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    May 29, 2012
    91
    Both writers come off as passionate egomaniacs with literary gifts so undeniable, you can't help but enjoy them.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    May 25, 2012
    80
    That this rich, impressively ambitious film says far more about Martha Gellhorn than about Ernest Hemingway was inevitable.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    May 29, 2012
    60
    While Hemingway & Gellhorn makes it clear she had world-class writing skills of her own, Gellhorn's story often does feel subsumed here, as if all of Hemingway's swagger and bravado really did make him a more prominent figure, or at least a more interesting one.
  4. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    May 25, 2012
    38
    Clive Owen teams with Nicole Kidman for a long, lopsided slog through the life of Ernest Hemingway and war journalist Martha Gellhorn. [4 Jun 2012, p.42]
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. Mae88
    8
    I liked the acting more than the rest but the movie is well done. Not just a love story but a honest, vivid portrait of two important people that made our history but couldn't make a history for themselves. They were very similar but distant as well. The movie has faults but it's enjoyable. I don't understand the bad criticism. It's an old style movie, one of those epic movies they used to do and somehow they stopped. Kidman is impressive, emmy-worth, she's magnetic, powerful, uber beautiful. Owen was a little bit ouf of sea but he did a good job after all. I suggest everyone to watch it, it's not a masterpiece but not that bad as many say.… Collapse
  2. axekat63
    2
    Astonishing that Clive Owen, and Nucole Kiddman's agents did not nothing to stop the release of this film. HBO, while generally creating some of the best television, has failed with Hemingway and Gellhorn.
    This film will surely be at home with the B movie crowd that will no doubt make fun of the often stupid dialogue and poor acting. Th bombing love scene between our stars was especially moving... bowl moving! Lar Ulric makes an appearance as a film maker with an accent that can only be described as worse than the Irish Spring voice-over. Pure and simple.. Hemingway and Gellhorn was the worst Ive seen from HBO.    … Expand

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