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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