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By Daniel Kasman (55) for MUBI (191) on 16 Nov 2017

Though set nearly 150 years ago, Terence Davies' exquisite Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion is vitally relevant, as it spans centuries…

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By Tim M (3,013) on 16 Nov 2017

A beautiful homage to a sad and poetic life. Oddly amusing too at times. Much to admire but not really my cup of tea…

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By Donna R (72) on 01 Nov 2017

A strangely awful, pretentious movie…

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By Jeanette T (14) on 31 Oct 2017

I had really high hopes for this movie ... although Cynthias performance was outstanding…

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By Valeria P (338) on 21 Oct 2017

This movie was just ok. The acting is good but there is not enough substance in the movie to really give the depth of motivation to the characters…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 10 Oct 2017

Directing from his own screenplay, British art-house favourite Terence Davies manages to inject laughter and life into what could easily have…

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By Anonymous User (943) on 28 Sep 2017

Riveting performance by cynthia nixon. transfixed…

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By Jeffrey Edalatpour (80) for KQED (San Francisco) (22) on 17 Sep 2017

[A Quiet Passion] also serves to remind why we still study and read Dickinson more than a hundred years after her death…

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By Kerr L (64) on 17 Sep 2017

Completely brilliant journey from light to dark. Via image, music and word…

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By Keeva Stratton (79) for Rescu (Australia) (79) on 14 Sep 2017

An intelligent and witty film that presents a somewhat glossy version of Emily Dickinson's life…

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By Anwen Crawford (47) for Australian Book Review (21) on 11 Sep 2017

A Quiet Passion, like most films about writers, sticks to the life that can be dramatised, rather than the writing process, which can't…

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By Tt Stern-Enzi (212) for Cincinnati CityBeat (160) on 11 Sep 2017

Davies and Nixon work in perfect tandem in A Quiet Passion, penning a letter from the past that refuses to draw parallels to our current situation…

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By Dj M (85) on 11 Sep 2017

Very stilted dialogue. Emily Dickinson would have bored…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Alternate Ending (372) on 10 Sep 2017

The secret triumph of A Quiet Passion is to foreground the poet's instantaneous wit in front of the more stuffily serious things about her…

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By Farah R (1,015) on 08 Sep 2017

As a fan of period dramas, my disappointment in this film is unmeasurable…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 29 Aug 2017

I can't say that I wasn't a trifle bored at times, but Davies seeks to enlighten us about the incongruities of the period: The quest for transcendence…

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By David M (3,086) on 27 Aug 2017

While the first twenty minutes are truly horrendous, with overly broad, animated stage acting, once Cynthia Nixon takes over as the older Emily…

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By Morgan M (194) on 17 Aug 2017

Directors must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the culprit,-Life…

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By Heather M (2,904) on 13 Aug 2017

I fell asleep twice during this one because I could finish it…

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By Annabelle S (27) on 02 Aug 2017

Deep and delicate, violent and intimist, that's THE movie about Emily Dickinson…

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