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Dec 19, 2014 · Filmmaker Mike Leigh's biography of the landscape painter J.M.W. Turner is what critics call "austere"—which means it's slow and grim and deliberately hard to love—yet it's fascinating, and the performances and photography are outstanding.
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Dec 18, 2014 · In “Mr. Turner,” Mike Leigh’s revelatory new film, Ruskin (Joshua McGuire) appears as a pretentious carrot-topped nitwit with a voice like a posh Elmer Fudd.
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Mike Leigh's exquisitely crafted and profoundly affecting Mr. Turner is one of the best films of 2014. Timothy Spall's performance is brilliant. Full Review | Oct 7, 2021
May 15, 2014 · Cannes Film Review: ‘Mr. Turner’. Mike Leigh takes on the topsy-turvy life of J.M.W. Turner in an exquisitely detailed, brilliantly acted biopic. English painting’s renowned master of light ...
Dec 19, 2014 · Excellent film. The cinematography is beautiful, gorgeous and the actors--playing a basket-full of oddballs and eccentrics--are all terrific. Timothy Spall in particular, playing Turner, should have been nominated for an Academy Award. He portrays Turner as affable, engaging, respectful and a little arrogant when in the company of his equals.
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Dec 19, 2014 · With his incomparable Mr. Turner, Mike Leigh continues to make other directors look simpleminded. His frequent collaborator Timothy Spall embodies the great early-19th-century seascape...