Emily

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Released Feb 17, 2023

2 hr. 10 min.

Biography

History

Drama

Romance

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EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, "Wuthering Heights." Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

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Critics Consensus

With a bracingly irreverent approach to its story and Emma Mackey bringing Brontë vibrantly to life, Emily is a biopic that manages to feel true while taking entertaining creative liberties.

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Cristina

An absolutely beautiful movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/12/23

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Mr. Hollywood

Not a bad movie but it doesnt do much. They took pieces we know of Emily and created a fiction story that doesnt offer an excuse for this movie to really exist. Its not exactly a fun ride to excuse the pointlessness either. Youre left with a movie that didnt do much while watching it or afterwards, if you can even remember you watched it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/10/23

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DS

Nonstop maximum overwrought.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/05/23

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Fran S

So imaginative! Grateful that it was created.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/04/23

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Steve G

thoughtful, moody, dark - a little slow, but definitely watchable

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/23

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constance m

gorgeous photography, excellent performances, edited so it never/ever got boring like so many self-indulgent films these days get - by big time talents who should know better. And the sound design, elegant and perfect, with music as well as effects that only heightened the tension in scenes so beautifully conveyed with silent visuals of actors of great talent. First rate all around!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/04/23

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Frances O'Connor

Director

Emma Mackey

Emily Brontë

Fionn Whitehead

Branwell Brontë

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Weightman

Alexandra Dowling

Charlotte Brontë

Amelia Gething

Anne Brontë

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Rex Reed

Observer

Despite strong visual appeal and a star performance from Emma Mackey this rendering of the Brontë family saga gets almost everything wrong.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 8, 2023

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Colleen Morrissey

Chicago Reader

If one does not look to Emily to adhere too faithfully to historical truth or, indeed, to depict what actual writing is like, then it is a satisfying—or at least benign—story.

Mar 3, 2023

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Ty Burr

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“Emily” is a good, engrossing watch, and it avoids most (but not all) of the genre’s pitfalls.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 24, 2023

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

In the midst of the impressive gale of feelings and stylistic brouhaha conjured up by O’Connor stands Mackey, Emily‘s pillar of strength.

Feb 8, 2024

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Prabhjot Bains

Tilt Magazine

Frances O’Connor’s stunning debut finds poignant truths in speculation.

Nov 2, 2023

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan

Forlorn silences, haunting visuals, and awkward touches and glances make Emily a wonderful interpretation, if not, a reimagining of the beloved novelist’s life.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 8, 2023

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Synopsis

EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, "Wuthering Heights." Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

Director: Frances O'Connor
Executive Producer: Robert Patterson, Jo Bamford, Abel Korzeniowski, Tim Haslam, Hugo Grumbar, Peter Touche, Jamie Jessop, Andrea Scarso, Michael Reuter, Sebastian Barker, Oliver Parker
Screenwriter: Frances O'Connor
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Production Co: Ingenious Media, Tempo Productions Limited, Embankment Films, Arenamedia, Popara Films
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Drug Use)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.1M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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