Mr. Turner

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Timothy Spall
J.M.W. Turner

Dorothy Atkinson
Hannah Danby

Marion Bailey
Sophia Booth

Paul Jesson
William Turner

Lesley Manville
Mary Somerville

Martin Savage
Benjamin Robert Haydon

Joshua McGuire
John Ruskin

Ruth Sheen
Sarah Danby

David Horovitch
Dr. Price

Karl Johnson
Mr. Booth

Mike Leigh
Director

Mike Leigh
Screenwriter

Georgina Lowe
Producer

Tessa Ross
Executive Producer

Norman Merry
Executive Producer

Gail Egan
Executive Producer

Dick Pope
Cinematographer

Suzie Davies
Production Design

Jon Gregory
Film Editor

Gary Yershon
Original Music

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Audience Reviews for Mr. Turner

• Mar 17, 2016

  Timothy Spall extraordinarily gives impressionistic life to one of Britain's best impressionistic painters. With only a few strokes one is given the idea of a soul (of whom, really, we all can only guess) who happened to create paintings that communicate how indescribable any given moment in life itself really is. Mike Leigh has taken this as a labor of love and the work is often punctuated with landscapes as evocative as those of Mr.Turner's creation. We are seldom far from his work. As well, all the women in his life are remarkably portrayed, with a depth greater than the artist and acheived with fewer lines.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• Oct 14, 2015

  Reading other audience reviews, it's clear that most viewers are unaccustomed to dealing with any bu the crudest narrative techniques, and the most obvious characterizations. Mike Leigh's style of direction, where character is built slowly up from improvisation, and the delicacy of Timothy Spall's art is lost on people who need a loud argument to denote emotional tension. The film is leisurely, sure: and Spall's artist is a man with rough manners but there's a feast of delicate, expert work to enjoy. Turner emerges through a series of social and personal vignettes as he interacts with his family, his friends and rivals, his society and the landscape, which Leigh photographs with a rapturous formal beauty that comes close to equaling not just Turner, but much of the great 18th century painters .It is a subdued work filled with quiet passion and, if you think it is boring, you had better avoid looking at too many pictures.
  

  Charles B Super Reviewer
• May 11, 2015

  Beautiful looking deadly bore.
  jay n Super Reviewer
• May 10, 2015

  The portrait painted of the artist in "Mr. Turner" is as muddled and murky as his paintings were perceived to be by Victorian London. Despite exceptional costumes, sets and locations, despite very good acting, and despite a sublime soundtrack, "Mr. Turner" is a complete failure of storytelling. Turner's motives are never explained other than that he is a fading star whose avant-garde work is not appreciated (although that is not a clear motivation in his relationships since his mistreatment of women seems to far predate his fall from the artistic firmament). Is he a misogynist who rapes and abandons the women in his life and who has merely moved on to the next? Or does he love the women in his life but feels he must hurt and deceive them in order to protect them (...from WHAT?)? The unanswered questions are legion and should not be mistaken for subtle script writing where clues supporting either conclusion are placed throughout the film. There are no clues, and any conclusions drawn by the audience are necessarily based on pure speculation. "Mr. Turner" should have been a five-star film, but the lack of a discernible story leaves the film a mere period atmosphere piece with no compelling reason to see it.
  Christian C Super Reviewer

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