Emily

Name: Emily
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: February 17, 2023
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Adrian Dunbar, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Elijah Wolf, Emma Mackey

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Bleecker Street Media | Release Date: February 17, 2023 | R

Starring: Adrian Dunbar, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Elijah Wolf, Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Gemma Jones, Harry Anton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sacha Parkinson

Summary: Emily imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon at the age of 30.

Director: Frances O'Connor

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 130 min

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The Playlist Jason Bailey

Sep 15, 2022

With Emily, Frances O’Connor has crafted a first film that feels like the work of an accomplished master. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Feb 17, 2023

What Emily does so well is establish a mood. The mood is flexible enough to contain multitudes. Read full review

Rachel LaBonte

Feb 17, 2023

Led by a stunning Emma Mackey, Emily is a striking depiction of a woman embracing her individuality while crafting an iconic piece of literature. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Feb 16, 2023

Undoubtedly, filmmakers like O’Connor wish to honor their subjects instead of idly speculating. Emily performs that complicated maneuver with casual ease, proving that for the right kind of movies, actors make the best kind of directors. Read full review

Collider Emily Bernard

Feb 17, 2023

Director Frances O’Connor effortlessly immerses the audience into Emily’s heart, soul, and mind in this refreshing, storybook-like origin story for a reclusive, misunderstood, and underappreciated author. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 15, 2022

Even a movie as evocative and well-mounted as this one can’t help but feel like a shadow of a shadow. It traces the silhouette of “The Strange One” without ever achieving the emotionality it needs to feel her touch first-hand. Read full review

Empire Lillian Crawford

Oct 11, 2022

If O’Connor’s aim was to recreate a British classic, she has surely failed to reach those lofty heights. Mackey shows further signs of promise, but she’ll be better off elsewhere. Read full review

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lwxxl

Apr 6, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un film que je pensais pas aimer autant, les acteurs sont incroyables dans leurs rôles même si certains devrait améliorer leurs jeu d'acteurs mais sinon c'est pas trop mal, le casting a était bien choisi, la musique et la photographie par contre est un sans faute le film est visuellement époustouflant avec une ambiance particulière et intrigante et la bande son est plaisante a écouter, même si l'histoire est basé sur des faits réelles et qu'ils ont pris des libertés sur la vie de Emily Brontë, elle reste quand même émouvante, les seuls problèmes que j'ai avec le film c'est la romance Emily William que je trouve légèrement foireuse et un peu malaisante a certains moments, comme par exemple pendant quasiment 5 minutes ont enchaine les scènes de sex que je trouve trop excessif un seul aurait du suffire, puis le montage du film est assez étrange ca fait très amateur après c'était peut être fait exprès mais même exprès c'est un peu bizarre la manière dont ca a était monté, pour finir il y a quelques scènes de dialogues qui sont un peu neuneu de temps en temps, mais sinon le film est bon ce n'est pas un chef d'oeuvre mais le film reste plaisant a regarder et ont passe un bon moment, ce n'est pas un film pour tout le monde si vous n'aimez pas les films lent qui prennent leurs temps a raconter l'histoire c'est sûr que vous n'auriez pas eu la même expérience que moi mais je conseille le film si vous êtes fan de l'histoire de la famille Brontë et si vous aimer le style gothique victorien qui ressort du film… Expand

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alanpotter17

Mar 8, 2023

Um filme bem produzido, mas totalmente esquecível. Não há uma única cena memorável ou impactante. Mesmo o lançamento do livro é sem sal. Faltou muito tempero aí.

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