Monday, October 5, 2015

Mr. Turner 2014


Mr. Turner     This film covers the last quarter century of the life of the British painter JMW Turner.  He lived from 1775 to 1851, he was a member of the Royal Academy of the Arts but both celebrated and reviled by the public and royalty.  The death of his father in 1829 affected him greatly.  He had a main home and a loyal housekeeper but he rented a room by the seaside.  He forms a close relationship with the landlady and eventually lives with her for 18 years under an assumed name in Chelsea.  He travels, paints, he was a habitual user of snuff and he and stays with the country aristocracy.
     There is a lot of grunting in this film and Mr. Turner does a lot of it?  He has a strangeness and more resembles a pig-person than a famous painter of wonderful masterpieces worth fortunes today?  I found a lot of this movie hard to understand because there are no ‘whys’ given to happenings and behaviors. 2 1/2* (This movie is so-so)

144 min, Bio directed by Mike Leigh with Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Karl Johnson, Ruth Sheen, Sandy Foster Amy Dawson, Lesley Manvill, Martin Savage, Richard Bremmer.

Note:  Imdb 6.9 out of 10, 98% critic 56% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3 ½*.

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