Alison Bruce, Amira Casar, Andrew Havill
The story of celebrated American poet Sylvia Plath and her turbulent marriage to a future poet laureate of England, Ted Hughes. Ted and Sylvia was a sensuous, volatile and brilliant couple who emerged...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 10, 2004
Stats: 428 reviews
"sylvia" is a mighty bio-piece of the legendary poetess sylvia plath who terminated her own life by sticking her head into an oven, but mainly about her famous/infamous relationship with british laureate ted hughes who firstly achieved fame by his "hawk in the rain"...personally ...( read more)
So very good. We all know how it ends...and not good. It is a very good look at one of my favorite poets of all time. Plath in her writing and touches a part of my soul never revealed to any human.
I saw it a few years ago and remember not really caring. The scenes before Plath eventually kills herself (sorry if I'm ruining anything for anyone here) are mildly entertaining and maybe I'm a freak here, but I've always been a sucker for a Gwyneth Paltrow sex scene.
Very good biopic that's faithful to the life of Sylvia Plath and shows a lot of similarities to her and her character in the Bell Jar.
Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call.
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I am your opus,
I am your valuable,
The pure gold baby
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Mah, non capisco perché scegliere la Paltrow per interpretare una come la Plath.
Insulso.
it was good but it was really really sad ...
I feel her pain.
Although I'm not keen on Gwyneth Paltrow as an actress her portrayal of Plath was excellent and Craig as England's poet laureate Ted Hughes was brilliant. Tragic story.
Gwyneth Paltrow gives a fine performance as poet/writer Sylvia Plath as does Daniel Craig as her husband and poet/writer Ted Hughes.
Her life was short and troubled and this film is dark and difficult but this was the tone of her life prior to and becoming even more so after her...( read more)
For those who have read the poets and are curious about their lives, Sylvia provides illustrations for the biographies we carry in our minds. full review
It's a little surprising that Sylvia is so conventional, considering that Plath, whatever you think of her work or her life story, openly defied plenty of the '50s conventions. full review
One of the fiercest love stories of the last century is reduced to Star Is Born pap. full review
The lead performances lift the film above melodrama, but they also expose the glaring holes in the screenplay. full review
It is Plath's writing that represents ... her surest claim on our attention. The makers of Sylvia may, to some degree, have neglected this brilliant, unsettling and tragically foreshortened body of wo... full review
A very troubled and dark marriage. Gwyneth Paltrow’s strongest performance.
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