Title:Effie Gray
Date: 2014
Type: Drama
Rating: 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Richard Laxton
Producer: Andreas Roald and Donald Rosenfeld
Comment
The art critic John Ruskin marries a teenage girl he has known for years. She is stifiled by him and his family and when they go to Scotland for her health she starts to affections for a painter he takes with them. Eventually she seeks an anulment of the mariage on the basis of non-consumation. This is a beautifully filmed and produced film, that is also well acted, particularly Dakota Fanning. The problem with the film is the lack of depth in the script. Whilst the film is visually pleasing, you are left with a feeling of so what. There is no conclusion for the plot and some of the big names have very small parts
Actors
Dakota Fanning
Greg Wise
Tom Sturridge
Polly Dartford
Russell Tovey
David Suchet
Julie Walters
Emma Thompson
James Fox
Robbie Coltrane
Derek Jacobi
Claudia Cardinale
Oscars
None