Mark kermode reviews Effie Gray
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2014
- Mark kermode Effie Gray. This is the scandalous true story of the troubled relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and Effie, his teenage bride. After marrying at the tender age of 19, Effie quickly realises her marriage is a lie when Ruskin refuses to consummate it. Yearning for affection, she soon falls for the charms of the artist John Everett Millais. Desperate to be freed from John, Effie embarks on a life-changing journey to become one of the first women in history to seek a divorce from her husband, making her an everlasting figure in feminist history.
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I've just watched the film on TV. Engaging and gripping. It's the ability to show the almost unrimitting frustration that is specific to Effie and general to the times. It is the sense of being trapped that is its strength. It's a masterpiece, largely because it refuses to bend.
I relate to the story so so so so much.
My ex was impotent. We were both 18 at the time. My first serious relationship. I never heard of or understood impotency. We were together for a year. I was virgin before and after that relationship. But he never explained or told me anything. Instead he pushed me away and said I was too ugly. When I dumped him, he broke down in tears and begging for another chance but I was done with being bullied. Years later I learn about impotency and realise that was what was wrong with him, as well as an awful personality. Ironically I am asexual, no libido. I can easily live without sex. So had he been a good person we could have still been together. But he was evil. Impotency is not the problem, it's lack of communication, blame and insults.
I thought Ruskin was gay - bc of the way he was so cold to Effie but also bc his parents implied they were protecting him - as in his secret.
I married a mummy’s boy 25 years ago. It was the worst experience of my life and I’ve never gotten over it all. I don’t know why the dangers of mummy’s boys are not better known!
I absolutely loved this film, and the scenes in Venice are stunning.
This is the coolest first second in a Kermode/Mayo clip ever. 0:00
Most mummy’s boys are disgusted by sex. Their mother is the only person who matters. Her opinions her choices her cooking, her style her company and conversation. Being married to a mummy’s boy is the most depressing life. You’re totally surplus to requirements.
I’m married to one and my husband loves me very much and his mother treats me as if i am her daughter honestly they are both a blessing not all boy’s that love there mother deeply are awful neither all mothers
This review was fantastic! I didn't know what this movie was supposed to be about when I found it on Netflix and going in blind was a bad idea. It was utterly boring to the highest extent. I had to speed it up to get through, and was hoping the whole time something exciting would happen and then it was over, and I was flabbergasted. I expected some sort of pay off for all I suffered through and got nothing 😅
That was your huge mistake. Never speed up movies if you don't want to ruin them. When you speed up a movie you simply deny it a chance to tell the story it's trying to tell and thus turn into trash even if it's actually a masterpiece. So you should never do it. Instead, if you have a doubt whether you should continue watching a movie or not, you should either be patient and let it go its own pace or stop it completely at that moment and come back later when you're in a more appropriate mood for it. If you feel that you're not interested in it at all then you should remove it from your watchlist completely. It will come back to you later if it's meant to. But never ever speed it up as it will always only ruin the experience and leave you with a distorted notion about the film and you almost for sure will never want to come back to it in order to form a fairer opinion. As for the film in question, I also chose to watch it without knowing anything apart from it being a British period drama with Dakota Fanning and Emma Thompson. Yes, it was kinda slow from the beginning, but it was fully compensated by the incredible ensemble cast in which there were many familiar faces I didn't expect to see in the movie like fantastic David Suchet and Julie Waters or the cameos of Robbie Coltrane and Derek Jacobi. And the story became more and more interesting. I agree the Scotland scenes are a bit draggy but they are an important part of the story and everything that happens after is extremely satisfying and rewarding. I'd even say the film is worth watching just for the fantastic scene near the end when the lawyer calls on Ruskins with a court citation.
Was Ruskin a closet gay ?
TheCWMHALL He was more a bloody Narcissist, they are awful people... His wife should get out of that marriage...He will never change..🤮.
Yes. Si.
Nah. He fell in love again later with a woman.
Great review!!
We were really looking forward to this movie. Emma Thompson made an excellent job of Sense and Sensibility, but this was poor. This story could have been told much better, but it was innordinately slow and lacking in narrative and emotional engagement. Some one else needs to do this story properly, in fact I recall a radio version some years ago that was much superior.