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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 97%, based on 196 reviews, with an average score of 8.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Led by a masterful performance from Timothy Spall and brilliantly directed by Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner is a superior Hollywood biopic." [16]
- $22.2 million
- Gary Yershon
- £8.4 million
- Georgina Lowe
Oct 31, 2014 · Apollo and Python (1811) by JMW Turner. Photograph: Tate. In Turner’s painting Apollo and Python in Tate Britain, the ancient Greek god Apollo has just slain a horrific serpentine monster ...
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.
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.
Dec 18, 2014 · The son of a barber, Turner takes a disciplined, businesslike, artisanal approach to his vocation, and even though he often seems gripped by an almost otherworldly inspiration, he and his art ...
- Mike Leigh
Nov 6, 2014 · Although the best-known image of Turner is the handsome self-portrait he painted in 1799, when he was around 25, the film’s characterisation of him as an ugly, grumpy, sullen and shambolic old...
Nov 3, 2014 · Mark Kermode, Observer film critic. Sun 2 Nov 2014 04.00 EST. A magnificent growling-bear performance by Timothy Spall is just one of the masterful brushstrokes in this lusty, physical,...
