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Overall Grade:
A+
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Let the Oscar race begin!
by Yahoo! Movies User (
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(Dec 25, 2003)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Rarely does a film touch you from the beginnning and keep you enthralled until the very end. Sylvia is the one film that does just that! Gwyneth Paltrow is perfect as doo...
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Overall Grade:
B+
Story:
B
Acting:
A
Direction:
A-
Visuals:
A
Had its moments
by dylan (
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(Jan 29, 2004)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I absolutely loathed the first 30 minutes of this film. I must confess a personal prejudice here. I do not like poetry and completely hate poetry slamming. 30 minutes i...
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Overall Grade:
A
Story:
A-
Acting:
B+
Direction:
B
Visuals:
B+
I must have watched a different movie!
by JoeH (
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(Oct 30, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This movie is dark, very dark, and yes it leaves much of Plath's biographical material out. But remember: it was a film made by BBC based on Huges "Birthday Letters" poem...
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Overall Grade:
A+
Story:
A+
Acting:
B+
Direction:
A-
Visuals:
A
awesome....but.......
by u r far away in my mind i whisper every word u say (
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(Nov 14, 2005)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
this tells us the story of one of the most talented poets of all time. some people might not like it cause they don't know enough about the poet. some people might argue...
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Overall Grade:
A+
Story:
A-
Acting:
A+
Direction:
A
Visuals:
A-
gwyneth's best performance
by Yahoo! Movies User (
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(Jan 29, 2004)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Gwyneth Paltrow is absolutely breath-taking in her portrayal of Silvia Plath. Her performance is beyond oscar-worthy. She gives the best performance of the year and of...
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Overall Grade:
F
Story:
F
Acting:
C-
Direction:
F
Visuals:
C-
Sylvia is rolling in her grave!
by Megan (
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(Dec 7, 2003)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This movie does NOT do Ms. Plath justice. For anyone who knows anything about her life, it is truly disappointing. It takes a brilliant writer and deep woman and turns...
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Sylvia
by Yahoo! Movies User (
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(Jan 29, 2004)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I thought this was a beautiful movie. It was beautifully made. The cinematography was gorgeous. I thought they told the story appropriately. Daniel Craig was great wi...
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A bit of understanding
by A (
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(Jan 29, 2004)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Having read the poem "to my lover returning to his wife" many many times, many years ago, and after watching the movie, I no longer wonder the circumstances of Sylvia. He...
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Overall Grade:
D-
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Down Under a bell jar
by Yahoo! Movies User (
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(Jan 22, 2006)
5 of 9 people found this review helpful
I was disappointed from the very beginning of this movie in one of the first scene's with Sylvia (a dreary Gwenneth Paltrow) is standing on the steps of Cambridge Univers...
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Overall Grade:
C+
Story:
C-
Acting:
B
Direction:
B-
Visuals:
C+
Sylvia
by Yahoo! Movies User (
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(Feb 27, 2004)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The true story of the great American female poet Sylvia Plath finally comes to the big screen. Gwyneth Paltrow says "goodbye" to the big screen for a little while with th...
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