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Name: Sylvia
Released: 2003-10-17
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Michael Gambon, Jared Harris, Blythe Danner

Sylvia

R
1h 49m
2003

37%

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While studying in England, Sylvia Plath meets Ted Hughes, a British poet on the verge of international fame. Following a torrid four-month courtship, they marry and embark on an intense relationship. When Ted's subsequent literary success and the attentions of admiring women strain the marriage, Sylvia funnels her fury and passion into her own work which begins to flow forth in unstoppable bursts.

Director:

Christine Jeffs

Producer:

Alison Owen

Writer:

John Brownlow

Cast:

Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Michael Gambon, Jared Harris, Blythe Danner, David Birkin, Alison Bruce, Amira Casar, Lucy Davenport, Julian Firth, Jeremy Fowlds, Sarah Guyler, Andrew Havill, Liddy Holloway, Michael Mears, Derek Payne, Anthony Strachan, Katherine Tozer, Sam Troughton

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

37%

Critics Consensus: This biopic about Sylvia Plath doesn't rise above the level of highbrow melodrama.

Reviews

Common Sense Media

Kat Halstead

Both Paltrow and Craig give engaging performances, but Paltrow's character in particular feels underwritten to the point that Sylvia never quite lives up to the potential that's surely offered up on a plate by these infamous characters.

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World Socialist Web Site

David Walsh

It seems reasonable as a first principle that a film about a writer should treat the subject of writing and a film about a specific writer should treat the specific subject of his or her writing.

When there are so few stories dedicated to female creativity and pathos, you resent this one all the more for mishandling what might have been.

A Hollywood product that exploits sickness.

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