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Effie Gray benefits from its strong cast, elevating a period drama that doesn't strike quite as many narrative sparks as it could.
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It's deadly dull, clogged with all kinds of string and piano music and sunk by a perplexingly lifeless performance by Dakota Fanning as Gray. Apr 9, 2015 | Full Review…
It's deadly dull, clogged with all kinds of string and piano music and sunk by a perplexingly lifeless performance by Dakota Fanning as Gray.
Wesley Morris
Fanning's controlled presence is ideal for a tale of Victorian repression. But as the film becomes one of quiet liberation, it needs more than her cool reserve. Apr 5, 2015 | Full Review…
Fanning's controlled presence is ideal for a tale of Victorian repression. But as the film becomes one of quiet liberation, it needs more than her cool reserve.
Bilge Ebiri
...attractively shot, appealingly acted, and decorously eye-opening. Apr 3, 2015 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
...attractively shot, appealingly acted, and decorously eye-opening.
Bob Mondello
Wise, who is noticeably older than the 29-year-old Ruskin was at the time the events occurred in real life, gives a tense, implacable performance, and Fanning is touching. The movie, however, directed by Richard Laxton, could use a lot more oomph. Apr 3, 2015 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Wise, who is noticeably older than the 29-year-old Ruskin was at the time the events occurred in real life, gives a tense, implacable performance, and Fanning is touching. The movie, however, directed by Richard Laxton, could use a lot more oomph.
Peter Rainer
"Effie Gray" runs 108 minutes, yet it feels like it ends right before the real drama is about to begin. Apr 3, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
"Effie Gray" runs 108 minutes, yet it feels like it ends right before the real drama is about to begin.
Dan Callahan
With a script by Emma Thompson, you might expect Effie Gray to have the same period-piece poignancy as her 1995 take on Sense and Sensibility. No such luck. Apr 3, 2015 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
With a script by Emma Thompson, you might expect Effie Gray to have the same period-piece poignancy as her 1995 take on Sense and Sensibility. No such luck.
Chris Nashawaty
A beautifully crafted film filled with a haunting stillness and melancholy touched with moments of humor... Effie Gray speaks to the heart and pays soft homage to the woman whose life we see unfold. Dec 8, 2019 | Full Review…
A beautifully crafted film filled with a haunting stillness and melancholy touched with moments of humor... Effie Gray speaks to the heart and pays soft homage to the woman whose life we see unfold.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Dakota Fanning gives a star central performance which carries the film, and it is peopled with celebrated British actors of different generations Jun 4, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Dakota Fanning gives a star central performance which carries the film, and it is peopled with celebrated British actors of different generations
Alexa Dalby
Due to Laxton and Thompson's dirge-like approach, their cinematic retelling of the true events does nothing but make you feel lousy and ready for a nap. Mar 14, 2019 | Rating: 5.5/10 | Full Review…
Due to Laxton and Thompson's dirge-like approach, their cinematic retelling of the true events does nothing but make you feel lousy and ready for a nap.
Bernard Boo
Dakota Fanning uses her expressive eyes to portray Effie's inner turmoil and misery and we immediately feel with her. Aug 14, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Dakota Fanning uses her expressive eyes to portray Effie's inner turmoil and misery and we immediately feel with her.
Mae Abdulbaki
This is the worst period drama of the year, and the whole cast know it. Feb 18, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
This is the worst period drama of the year, and the whole cast know it.
Camilla Long
Thompson seems to have intended a feminist parable, but it's hard to believe she couldn't have come up with a better vehicle. Oct 17, 2017 | Full Review…
Thompson seems to have intended a feminist parable, but it's hard to believe she couldn't have come up with a better vehicle.
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