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![]() The Aftermath
2019
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2012
![]() The Duchess
2008
![]() Disobedience
2018
![]() Carol
2015
![]() Becoming Colette
1991
![]() Suffragette
2015
![]() Vita & Virginia
2019
![]() Mary Queen of Scots
2018
![]() Ammonite
2020
![]() A Dangerous Method
2011
![]() The Edge of Love
2008
The Aftermath(Movie), Anna Karenina(Movie), The Duchess(Movie), Disobedience(Movie), Carol(Movie), Becoming Colette(Movie), Suffragette(Movie), Vita & Virginia(Movie), Mary Queen of Scots(Movie), Ammonite(Movie), A Dangerous Method(Movie), The Edge of Love(Movie)
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Story: 5 Visuals: 8 Sound: 7 Character: 9 Enjoyment: 8
A young Colette gets swept up by a suave older author, whom inadvertently and by way of his own spinelessness and moral ambiguity, enables her to expand herself and grow into becoming a Woman and Author. Unfortunately, this story mimics and parallels the life of the author Anais Nin to such a degree that I'm left with a touch of disgust at the lack of accreditation. It is a wonderful couple of hours. Excellent acting and well put together direction. But I've "seen it before." read moreWas this review helpful to you?
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well, this is a costume drama that you certainly can't call stuffy. it explores sexuality and celebrity and it does so effectively. it is well constructed, well shot, and features a fantastic performance from keira knightley that may be the best of her career. that said, i was never really drawn in and while i enjoyed and appreciated it, i wasn't wowed. read
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French writer Colettes early marriage with a man 15 years her senior kickstarted her career but kept it under the thick wraps of his name until she was able to break free. An ideal vehicle for Knightley's talent and physicality, "Colette" doesn't break any cinematic ground in depicting a character that victoriously defied her times' conventions and customs, but the screenplay never loses sight of her key role in a wide range of libertarian issues such as female empowerment and gender sociology - and even fleshes out Dominic West's manipulative but talented Pygmalion as something way more read
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