Sylvia (2003)
37 %
Reviews Counted: 123 Fresh: 45 Rotten:78 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus:
This biopic about Sylvia Plath doesn't rise above the level of highbrow melodrama.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 17, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $1,235,406
Synopsis: Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow stars in Sylvia as legendary American author and poet Sylvia Plath, opposite Daniel Craig as British Poet Laureate Edward (Ted) Hughes. Sylvia explores the source of creative genius, and love in all its passions. Ted and Sylvia were a sensual, volatile,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, Blythe Danner, Michael Gambon
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Plath might have been the stupid cow that Paltrow plays, the stubbornly ambitious, jealous demonbit genius discontent, immune to the ordinary joys of life.
11/25/07
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11/01/07
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Gwyneth Paltrow is anything but engaging in this rarely interesting look at the life of author Sylvia Plath.
08/08/06
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06/24/06
Gwyneth Paltrow is a shining star and plays a faultless dramatic role.
07/20/04
Paltrow provides the depth that the script lacks, making a lot from very little.
04/20/04
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04/09/04
When it’s all said and done, Plath had the courage of her convictions, and so does this honest movie.
02/09/04
It lacks an incisive viewpoint and keeps us emotionally at arm's length.
01/31/04
Not the last word on the subject by any means, but it is a solid entry into the canon that sensibly resists beatification or crucifixion of the Ariel poet.
01/15/04
Good as Paltrow is, Sylvia reduces an intensely brilliant, haunted writer into a weepy, morose slacker whose overriding concern is where her husband is at all hours.
01/14/04
If movies were regulated like medications, the label for "Sylvia" would say: "Warning: This film is so depressing it will suck every ounce of holiday cheer from your soul."
12/19/03
Well acted and seriously mounted, but Sylvia the movie is, nevertheless, very boring.
12/18/03
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