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6.1/10 • 182

2016-10-072h 5m

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The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.

Directors
Terence Davies
Writters
Terence Davies
Editors
Pia Di Ciaula

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  1. Cynthia Nixon

    Cynthia Nixon

    Emily Dickinson

  2. Jennifer Ehle

    Jennifer Ehle

    Vinnie Dickinson

  3. Keith Carradine

    Keith Carradine

    Edward Dickinson

  4. Emma Bell

    Emma Bell

    Young Emily Dickinson

  5. Sara Vertongen

    Sara Vertongen

    Miss Lyon

  6. Duncan Duff

    Duncan Duff

    Austin Dickinson

  7. Jodhi May

    Jodhi May

    Susan Gilbert

  8. Joanna Bacon

    Joanna Bacon

    Emily Norcross

  9. Benjamin Wainwright

    Benjamin Wainwright

    Young Austin Dickinson

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Reno

Nov 29, 2017

7/10

Being a biopic, it justifies! But not everybody thinks that way! I don't know what did everybody expected from it, but I thought it was good. It is a biopic and you can't anticipate a film to alter for your comfort. Not all the films based on the real person are one hundred per cent exact depiction. Recreation is impossible, but getting somewhere close to it what this film did like many others. Because you won't able to cover thousands of hours of a person's life in just 120 minutes. The director did his part finely and so the actors. Periodic flick means we expect fancy costumes. This film had started like one, but faded away quickly, once the story started to get serious. After graduating from the school, the young Emily Dickinson decides to write poetries and she succeeds too. But she's not a person of god as her family or the society she's living in. Then she meets another young woman like her. Soon everybody around her starts to get disappear as the phase of life moving on, so she loses all the company. How her rest of the life happens were revealed on the remaining part. Despite both the versions of Emily were good, it also became the weakness of the film. They should have went for one actor with make- up option. I liked first half and the second half, but it looked two different films with two different actors. Setting in the 19th century, the struggles of women is what it highlighted. Most of the film took place in the Emily's house. Being a true story, it is worthy film. But not everybody would enjoy it. Because that's not how Emily Dickinson lived. I meant to get cheers from the today's audience for her film. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,138,338.00
Revenue
$1,864,266.00
Keywords
massachusettspoetbiographyrecluse19th centuryemily dickinson