Loading ...“The edge of love” by John Maybury with Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys
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I kept falling asleep while watching this. That’s how boring this film is.
On paper, it looked like a good story. Legendary poet Dylan Thomas loved two women, two feisty and liberated women. Intrigue, deceit, hope, all throughout the Blitz in London. A story of survival, of trust. Well, not quite. |
Even though Sienna Miller does a good job of portraying Dylan’s wife Caitlin, you can’t quite believe that Caitlin and Vera, the long lost teenage lover of Dylan, would strike a friendship. As the whole film evolves around this, it’s a bit of a problem if you don’t “buy” it.
The characters are thinly defined and very one dimensional. The women are supposed to be independent and strong minded but at the same time, they are only defined by their relationship with Dylan and rarely seen interacting with anybody else.
The last fifteen minutes are interesting and exciting but it’s too little too late. This film is a wasted opportunity - could have been, no should have been, great but doesn’t deliver.
Definitively not recommended.
Links:
The Edge of Love, The Guardian Review
Aeronwy Thomas on The Edge of Love and her father, Dylan Thomas, The Times Online
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