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The Edge of Love

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The Edge of Love

Camilla Rutherford, Cillian Murphy, Keira Knightley, Lisa Stansfield, Matthew Rhys

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas is told through the lives of two extraordina...( read more  read more... )ry women. Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley) and Dylan (Matthew Rhys) were teenage loves; fast forward ten years and the two reconnect in London. She's working as a singer whilst he's churning out scripts for government propaganda films and living off the last in a long line of infatuated women. The two former lovers feel the thunderbolt once more, but Thomas is now married to the adventurous Caitlin (Sienna Miller). Despite their love-rival status, the women form a surprising friendship. Caitlin indulges in her own infidelities, and recognizes a similar adventurous spirit in her husband. But she knows his connection with Vera is something different, not to mention dangerous. Romantic turmoil continues in Vera's life. She marries her devoted admirer William Killick (Cillian Murphy), but she can't deny the chemistry between herself and Dylan, nor does she want to - even if this means betraying Caitlin. When William is posted abroad, and a pregnant Vera returns to Wales with her married friends, the battle between her heart and head becomes more intense. William returns a changed man, but neither is Vera the carefree cabaret girl he married. Neighborhood gossip fuels her husband's jealousy towards his rival. Enraged, William stages a violent attack on Dylan - an attack that forces Vera to choose between the men in her life and the friend that she loves. Desire and guilt are complicated by love and friendship in this real-life tale set in beautiful London and the majestic Welsh countryside.

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  • AgentLexi2132
    December 26, 2009
    AgentLexi2132
    ''First love is alright as far as it goes, last love that's what I'm interested in.''

    Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

    Keira Knightley: Vera Phillips

    Sienna Miller: Caitlin MacNamara

    <...( read more)i>The Edge Of Love obviously is a drama set in the mist of World War 2 in London and the beautiful Welsch Countryside. You could say Edge of Love is in the same style of Atonement.
    I found it hugely amusing that Keira Kinghtley now has a love interest in the guise of Irish actor Cillian Murphy's William Killick, whereas in Atonement it was Scottish James McAvoy.


    Anyway back to Edge of Love and the scenario that comes into light. We have Dylan Thomas played by Matthew Rhys who I don't recollect seeing before, we have his wife Caitlin portrayed by Sienna Miller then we have Keira Knightley who is Vera Phillips a childhood flame from Dylan's past.

    Let's face it the plot isn't exactly original we have all seen films which give us a love triangle scenario. But Edge of Love does it in a way that makes the journey compelling to watch. Into this trio's life quite soon emerges William Killick, who is played by Cillian Murphy as I mentioned, who falls for Vera and becomes involved with her having the obvious advantage over Dylan in the fact he is unmarried. What transpires is a drama that involves William going off to war only for Dylan and Vera to have a rekindling of their childhood love. Edge of Love is a WW2 drama piece that shows electrifying performances from all players.

    Whether it be Sienna Miller's out going do what she likes Caitlin or Keira's faceted dimensional Vera it's wonderfully depicted.
    Edge of Love also shows a friendship between these two and a bond that in essence shows the delicate intricacies of the female and their reaction toward each other.
    The chemistry I felt was stronger even than that of Cillian Murphy & Keira especially the last scenes where the two leads totally grasp emotion and flair not just in their words but in their eyes too which to me is and was beautiful.
    Dylan was a character who was interesting but I tended to dislike for the movie due to his surprisingly selfish choices and arrogant ways. Misusing his poet skills for a cowardly way out of War and ending up with no money or determination to do the right thing even in a grueling court case in which he should of not done what he did.
    Cillian Murphy also has some powerful scenes near the latter part of how the War has effected him and how if pushed, how easy it is to just snap and be forced into violent and retaliative action.

    Keira and Sienna also pull off and attempt to muster Welsh accents which was very amusing to hear them do. In my opinion Keira had a more profound performance and beauty due to her stylized, colourful life depicted of her in the Underground singing for the people as the bombs are being dropped above.

    The costumes, uses of footage back in the day, locations, the casual, frequent smoking by all the characters and the effective props all help capture the feel and quality of the period.
    Edge of Love gives us a story that really shows an array of people and how their lives are ultimately effected by one another, in this regard it succeeds in it's detailed emotional study of love, loss and newfound aspects of life.
  • xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    September 8, 2009
    xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    althought it wavered at somepoints...I really really like this movie! Its just what i love...beautiful people (Keria Knightley and Cillian Murch) and a great love story! I loved the begining story where they were all together and such...I HAD NO IDEA KERIA KNIGHTLEY COULD SING LI...( read more)KE THAT!! she shuold do it more offten!! The sencond story i was not sooo found of but thats ok!~
    this is kind of a vauge review im very sorry!
  • her69eyes
    August 7, 2009
    her69eyes
    Attention: cheating husbands and boyfriends. When confronted about your philandering, here is the perfect rebuttal - "I do it because i'm a poet, and poets feed off of life!"

    Unfortunately, not all of the dialogue in "The Edge of Love" is quite as unintentionally hilarious. In f...( read more)act, most of it is that syrupy sham that we hear in every other romantic drama, lines like: "You have all my words and every heartbeat". I'm typically a sucker for this sort of overbearing melodrama, but really? That's the best there is to offer in a film about one of Britain's most prolific poets?

    The silly dialogue is no match for the art direction, however. Not only are we taken through a lighting course at a film school, we are greeted with iris', kaleidoscope vision, eyes that appear in windows, dozens of sparkles on Keira Knightley's teeth, and, of course, the exaggerated post-production saturation of reds. The tag line should be "You want red lips? We'll give you the shit out of some red lips".

    In a film so concerned with such superficial matters, it's easy to overlook the plot. It concerns Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys), a poet in 1940's London who avoided military duty by applying his craft to propaganda. One night, at a cabaret, he is reacquainted with a former lover, Vera (Keira Knightley). Dylan introduces Vera to his wife, Caitlin (Sienna Miller), and meanwhile a handsome soldier, William Killick (Cillian Murphy) wins over Vera. Vera and Caitlin forge an unlikely friendship, and while Vera nurses her child, William goes off to fight in Greece. Needless to say, it's not all smooth sailing in this menage a quatre, and jealousy begins to run rampant.

    What's remarkable about these characters is how unpleasant they all are. In an effort to give us three-dimensional characters with human flaws, they instead all turn into these selfish louts that we cannot possibly care about. The last half hour drastically takes the film in a new direction, but the problem is that we don't believe the "incident" that caused such turmoil, nor do we forgive the culprit, nor do we believe the rest of the characters would react in the manner they did. In fact, searching for a genuine moment in this film is quite the task.

    Perhaps i'm being too hard. The performances are all quite good, particularly Sienna Miller who proves her worth as an actress beyond tabloid fodder. Kiera Knightly is also lovely once again, and i'm now so accustomed to seeing her elegant beauty in these period pieces that I cannot fathom seeing her don a pair of blue jeans. She brings life to each one of these movies, however, with this being perhaps one of her most mature performances yet.

    Unfortunately, beyond the performances it's a mostly unpleasant experience. The digital effects make much of the film look cheap, and the dialogue is completely unnatural and pretentious. It's not a terrible film, but it's a completely disposable drama that puts more effort into it's style than it's substance.
  • limoradalloway
    August 2, 2009
    limoradalloway
    I liked the script a lot--very smart and poetic lines every now and then tinged with tragic, but curable romance.
  • EarthlyAlien
    April 14, 2009
    EarthlyAlien
    "You have a raindrop running down your cheek, just like a tear."

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    Doesn't aspire to be anything more than a juicy British wartime soap opera, but when it finds delicious pockets of whispered betrayal, artistic impotency, and cherry-lipped invitation, it adds up to a convincing sit. Wonderful performances by its four leads (Sienna Miller is particularly riveting), but historically misleading, and doesn't scratch the surface of what bohemian monsters Dylan & Caitlin Thomas were. The film's cinematic signature is made up of moody imagery that is still grounded in reality, but with poetic flourish. Angela Badalamenti's score is elegantly understated. Intense and strangely beautiful
  • KeiraVDW
    December 25, 2009
    KeiraVDW
    They'r both amazing. So talented.
  • kansai2kansas
    December 12, 2009
    kansai2kansas
    Touching, but a bit long-winded on its stretched plot. Good ending though.
  • aswinwilliam
    December 10, 2009
    aswinwilliam
    A cheesy romance flick during WW2 that was'nt worth the time. Storyline was not interesting as it had dull characters based on WW2 historical figures and bit of combat action. Love triangle was messed up..just lame.
  • FlyingSolo2009
    December 9, 2009
    FlyingSolo2009
    A little slower than I like for movies with war themes, but it was still good. My opinion is that Cillian Murphy makes every movie just a little better. Brilliant acting by all with a great love story.
  • envel2
    December 3, 2009
    envel2
    Nicely done, a little slow in the middle but not bad and a nice happy ending!
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