Sylvia

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Liz C What is up with the sound? The dude sounds like his mouth is gargling mashed potatoes while trying to speak. It sucks. Can't even finish. So far everything is also bad. Flat boring. The sound! The worst you cant even understand him. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/06/22 Full Review isla s This is quite a good film, with the 2 main performances done well by Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig. Its a sad story of course but I liked some of the prose spoken and its not too bad in terms of being a period piece. It isn't a film I'm likely to want to re-watch but it's a pretty good film otherwise - somewhat thought provoking I suppose. Yes, I would recommend it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I can't speak for Plath, but if her ghost was speaking to me, she was horrified by this film, especially showing her having sex on screen! Even though Betty White is a hot number, it was like seeing Betty White's shadow puppet doing soft porn (don't ever do that to Betty White's shadow puppet!). I'm sure Ted Hughes would be into a libido-heavy interpretation of his time reciting poetry to his suicidal lovers, but not Sylvia. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I went with 2 stars for this movie very sad movie, a true story based on the life of Sylvia Plath. If you know very little or nothing about her before seeing this movie, be warned *trigger warning* she passes away at the end of the movie at a young age in a tragic way by her own hand. Do not watch this movie if feeling sad etc... Small talk throughout the movie and kinda slow at times. I thought that G.P. did a good job at playing the role of Sylvia Plath in my opinion this is a tough watch, but if you are a fan of Sylvia Plath and her work then I say you should at least give this movie a watch. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I should've heeded such warnings: FLAT. Nearly everything from story, tone, character arc, dialogue, editing, sound, cinematography...seem flat or underwhelmingly average (in 2018). For a biopic supposedly about passionate poets falling in/out of love, little poetry or passion oozes from, or even jumps off, the screen. Younger people might refer to the flat tedium as simply, BORING. As an adult, I still did not really care for any character by the film's conclusion. The lack of connection and apathy are in direct opposition of what we're likely supposed to feel at the end. If anything, I felt relief, then disappointment. SKIP this snoozer. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member So flat. So terrible. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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