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Emily

Play trailer 2:02 Poster for Emily R Released Feb 17, 2023 2h 10m Biography History Drama Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) “Emily” is a good, engrossing watch, and it avoids most (but not all) of the genre’s pitfalls. Rated: 3/4 Feb 24, 2023 Full Review William Stottor Flick Feast For a film about a literary legend, Emily spends a somewhat dissatisfying amount of time on the creative process. Rated: 3/5 Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Laney Gibbons Loud and Clear Reviews Emily is the kind of film that reminds me why I love cinema, a movie that has been created with the intention and desire to be released on the big screen. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 3, 2024 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cristina An absolutely beautiful movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/12/23 Full Review 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 Full Review DS Nonstop maximum overwrought. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/05/23 Full Review Fran S So imaginative! Grateful that it was created. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/04/23 Full Review Steve G thoughtful, moody, dark - a little slow, but definitely watchable Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/04/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Piers Tempest, Robert Connolly, David Barron
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
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.1M
Runtime
2h 10m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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