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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 19, 2014 · Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (Timothy Spall) lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper (Paul Jesson)...
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- Mike Leigh
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- Timothy Spall
Epic in breadth and length (2½ hours), and gorgeously photographed (digitally) by Bill Pope, Mr. Turner is intimate in incident.
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
Oct 31, 2014 · Mr. Turner: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey. An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Mike Leigh
- 2014-10-31
Dec 19, 2014 · The most accurate review of this film might be one of Timothy Spall’s grunts. I like the film best when it depicts Turner’s work as an artist, when it mirrors the visionary landscapes of his painting, and when it surveys his relationships with the art and artists of his time.
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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.
