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      Rowing With the Wind

      R 1988 2h 6m Drama List
      Reviews 50% 250+ Ratings Audience Score At a villa overlooking Lake Geneva in the idyllic summer of 1816, Lord Byron (Hugh Grant) suggests that each of his friends write a story of horrors. Young Mary Wollstonecraft (Lizzy McInnerny) is inspired to begin her novel "Frankenstein." But as the lives of her new husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley (Valentine Pelka), and her stepsister, Claire Clairmont (Elizabeth Hurley), who has had Lord Byron's child, fall apart, Mary begins to imagine that the monster she created is behind their troubles. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Interesting film, which uses poetic symbols as a narrative thread, possibly that confuses the average viewer, but whoever sees it for having an interest in characters like Byron and Shelley will not be inconvenient, in particular the performances of the then young Hugh Grant deserves the four stars, the Best performance I've seen in Byron's cinema. It has a beautiful photograph, being this and the tragic representations of a passage of life of these romantic writers the most remarkable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review ashley h Rowing with the Wind is a disappointing film. It is about the time when Mary Shelley wrote her novel "Frankenstein." Hugh Grant and Lizzy McInnerny give terrible performances. The script is badly written. Gonzalo Suarez did a horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member The setting and relation with literature could have been a good material for a good story, but it did not achieved it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretentious, and incoherent, and generally unbearable, despite an attractive surface appearance. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Rowing with the Wind aka Remando al viento, is a Spanish film . Its about the life of Mary Shelly who wrote Frankenstein. And just the fact that a female wrote Frankenstein should tell you that this is a [pretty weird movie. Matter of fact I consider it the Movie from Hell when it comes to understanding it. The later portion of the movie I got, but some of the crazy stuff in the beginning, like a small boat drifting in and out of Ice Caps, Point less. If you watch it and can explain it to me I would be thankful. If you give it more then 3 stars then I suggest you seek counseling for your well being. Maybe in Spain it would make more sense. 2 stars and rescue me from the pits of hell. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Diane Selkirk Apollo Guide Rated: 65/100 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis At a villa overlooking Lake Geneva in the idyllic summer of 1816, Lord Byron (Hugh Grant) suggests that each of his friends write a story of horrors. Young Mary Wollstonecraft (Lizzy McInnerny) is inspired to begin her novel "Frankenstein." But as the lives of her new husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley (Valentine Pelka), and her stepsister, Claire Clairmont (Elizabeth Hurley), who has had Lord Byron's child, fall apart, Mary begins to imagine that the monster she created is behind their troubles.
      Director
      Gonzalo Suárez
      Producer
      Andrés Vicente Gómez
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 5, 2003
      Runtime
      2h 6m