Review of Shirley (2020) by Jonathan Romney for Screen Daily — 25 Feb 2020
Shirley will find an eager audience at a cultural moment which increasingly values emotional expression. But many will find the film an over-rich brew that arguably stresses Jackson’s visionary inspiration at the expense of the craft, canniness and lucidity of a writer whose work was characterised by supreme control, even if her troubled life wasn’t.
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This review of Shirley (2020) was written by Jonathan Romney and published by Screen Daily on 25 Feb 2020.
Shirley has generally received positive reviews.
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