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Effie Gray is a 2014 British biographical film written by Emma Thompson and directed by Richard Laxton, starring Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, David Suchet, Derek Jacobi, James Fox, Claudia Cardinale, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, and Robbie Coltrane, in his final film appearance before his death in 2022.
Effie Gray. Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais ( née Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and writer who was married to Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously married the art critic John Ruskin, but she left him with the marriage never having been consummated; it was subsequently ...
Oct 10, 2014 · Effie Gray is a biographical drama based on the real-life scandal of Euphemia "Effie" Gray, who married art critic John Ruskin but refused to consummate their marriage. She fell in love with painter John Everett Millais, defying the rules of Victorian society.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Richard Laxton
- 2014-10-10
April 2, 2015 9:30 AM EDT. W hen Euphemia Gray married John Ruskin in 1848, she likely saw him as a wonderful match: nine years her senior, he was wealthy and already a well-respected art critic ...
Apr 3, 2015 · Effie Gray benefits from its strong cast, elevating a period drama that doesn't strike quite as many narrative sparks as it could. In Victorian England, the virginal wife (Dakota Fanning) of ...
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- Richard Laxton
- PG-13
- Emma Thompson
Apr 3, 2015 · A film about the unhappy marriage of John Ruskin and Effie Gray, based on a screenplay by Emma Thompson. The film explores Ruskin's rejection of his wife and his sexual repression, but lacks drama and resolution.
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A movie based on the real-life scandal of Euphemia "Effie" Gray, who married art critic John Ruskin but refused to consummate their marriage. She fell in love with painter John Everett Millais and defied Victorian society.
