![]() ![]() Working with an intelligent and shrewdly structured script by Abi Morgan ( Shame, The Iron Lady), Fiennes quickly establishes the vastness of the great author’s world-his artistic eminence, popularity as both a writer and public speaker, father of ten, tireless worker on behalf of society’s destitute-as well as his Victorian-era reticence to embark upon an extra-marital affair despite his now empty marriage to a wife who can’t begin to keep up with him physically or intellectually as he tellingly remarks on one of his vigorous country hikes (a line repeated later in her life by his mistress), “I walk at quite a pace.” Not at all a starchy and decorous tradition of quality affair, the film has a lived-in feel that is informed by Fiennes, in both his artistic capacities, with the gusto, energy and turbulence one associates with Dickens himself. After high-profile festival exposure in Telluride, Toronto and New York, this looks like ideal fare for Sony Classics to push toward a warm audience embrace in specialized release beginning in December.Īnnette Bening, Jodie Foster Team for Epic Swimming Feat in Netflix's 'Nyad' Trailer A career high point for Ralph Fiennes as both an actor and director, this unfussy and emotionally penetrating work also provides lead actress Felicity Jones with the prime role in which she abundantly fulfills the promise suggested in some of her earlier small films. ![]() Fiennes does that throughout the movie – setting a mood that allows the viewer to understand all the consequences for every character’s actions.Period biographical dramas don’t come much better than The Invisible Woman, an exceptionally involving and credible portrayal of the “whispered” relationship Charles Dickens maintained with a much younger woman over the last 13 years of his life. The scene sets the tone for the dangers that Nelly faces. Without hesitation the constable asks Dickens (he doesn’t recognize the great writer since he doesn’t address him by name) if the woman is disturbing him. ![]() They are both emotional, Dickens more so, when they are interrupted by a patrolling constable. He stops her as she ascends the stoop of her house. A particular scene that tells of the choppy waters they are swimming in is when Nelly wants to break off the affair because of what it will do to Dickens’ wife. Fiennes has done a nice job of telling the story of this affair with all of the emotion it requires without throwing it in the face of the audience. Fiennes’ skill and the poetry of the words and it is an entertaining portrait of the author. Setting a movie in Victorian England gives the screenwriter, Abi Morgan (“The Iron Lady,” “Shame”), a nice opportunity to give her characters poetic verses to recite that don’t bring into question their validity. Fiennes is what he is in anything he does: wonderful. Jones has crafted one of the most complex and genuine characters in the movies. And the third stage is the woman with the past and experience who has the knowledge of life and loss. Jones transforms Nelly from an innocent girl into a woman who knows her love may cost her dearly if she’s discovered. Dickens convinces her to carry on with the affair and she agrees, at the stage of her life when she is fully aware of the consequences. Jones takes a scene with Dickens, who she tries to break away from, and shows us the point where Nelly takes a step into womanhood. At first she struggles and fights her attraction for the good of Dickens’ family. ![]() Nelly has a teenage girl’s fascination toward the legendary writer but is also aware that he has a wife and family. The young Nelly’s intelligence hasn’t had the experience that would allow her to read the danger signals of her era. Jones is at the heart of “The Invisible Woman.” She has the difficult task of portraying Nelly at three different stages of her character’s life. ![]()
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