Hemingway & Gellhorn

  • 2012


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Average Rating 2.8/5
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4.5
Whether you laughed at your TV screen while hearing this glorious guff is another matter. EW
4.5
Philip Kaufmans epic HBO movie Hemingway & Gellhorn is old fashioned, corny as hell and not above using clich. None of these characteristics is necess .. Rogerebert
2.0
Owen makes him seem adventurous and fun, but he doesnt seem real. Common Sense Media
4.5
Owen hasnt been this memorable in years and its really great to see him firing on all cylinders in a project worthy of his talents (and wed guess an E .. Indie Wire
1.5
An overlong period piece thats earnest and handsome, true, but strangely inert, and perhaps because Ernest Hemingways larger than life persona is so f .. Variety
4.5
The gimmick hits its nadir when Kidman wanders into some authentic Holocaust atrocity footage.) Time Out
1.5
A movie for people who love old bookstores but perhaps dont own very many books.
1.5
It is a risky move that doesnt work as the Zelig like effect of placing Kidman and Owen in the firing line or on the bombed out streets of Madrid does .. Screen Daily
1.5
Shes a writer whos been compared to Hemingway, hes a drunken lout who just caught a big game fish. Collider
4.5
Amazingly, Hemingway & Gellhorn doesnt attain maximum ludicrousness in this sequence, which occurs about an hour into a 160 minute movie; its just get .. Vulture
4.5
The effect is odd, almost surreal at times; its not exactly convincing but, in its own way, reasonable and charming if accepted for what it is. The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Its a disheartening misfire: a big, bland historical melodrama built on platitudes about honor and the writing life that crams in actual figures and i .. The New York Times
2.8
Made on a modest budget, the production does an admirable job at conveying the films vast, globe trotting scope. Paste Magazine
1.5
One doesnt need to feel that, yes, it was really like this, only that it might have been.
1.5
Kidmans Gellhorn, who periodically narrates the story from the future, reflects that they were good together in war and had no idea what to do without .. Ny Daily News
4.5
Whereas in Historys three part, six hour Hatfields & McCoys (Monday Wednesday, 9/8c), theres not a glimmer of lightness, let alone glamour, in the gri .. Tv Guide
5.0
Kidman is extraordinary here, giving one of her best and most purely luminous performances. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.5
Clive Owen makes a good fist of bringing Hemingway to life, though theres some vital edge missing. Radio Times
4.5
Despite this narrative unevenness, Stahl and Turners sharp, literary script buoyed by Kidman and Owens stellar turns keeps Hemingway & Gellhorn afloat .. Pop Matters
3.0
If that werent distracting enough, Owen and Kidman cant sell this star crossed love, either. News Day
4.5
But this is a showcase for Kidman, her finest performance since 2003s Cold Mountain. Star Tribune
0.5
In real life, Gellhorn cheated too, but that detail didnt make the cut.) Salon
1.5
Advertisement And the romance Well, Hemingway & Gellhorns daft romanticization of its subjects proves central to its overwrought sense of self. Slate
1.5
Writers Jerry Stahl and Barbara Turners arch dialogue suggests an attempt to re create a film noir or a Bogey and Bacall dynamic, but the two end up s .. Boston Herald
1.5
It may be too much to ask for a TV movie based on historical personages with such tumultuous lives to show some restraint. Then again, too much isnt a .. Tv Av Club
1.5
Its also often painfully melodramatic and hopelessly predictable despite depicting a (mostly) true story. Las Vegas Weekly
1.5
Its Owens Hemingway thats the radioactive isotope of this real life The Way We Were. Vanity Fair
4.5
That this rich, impressively ambitious film says far more about Martha Gellhorn than about Ernest Hemingway was inevitable. Wsj
3.0
What Kaufman doesnt attain is a grasp of drama, generating a sense of discovery and violation that carries over the films 152 minute run time. Brian Or Ndorf
1.5
While this narrative approach allows for some interesting social and political undertones, it doesnt allow for much character or romance. Hollywood Chicago
4.5
Kidman manages quietly to evoke something else of this ferocious, aging journalist an underlying and unsettling degree of disappointment and hurt. News Week
4.5
When people lament the lack of sophisticated adult entertainment at the movies these days, Hemingway & Gellhorn is exactly the sort of movie theyre pi .. Film Comment
4.5
Hemingway & Gellhorn is dominated by its stars, Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman, both of whom attack their roles with a hearty bravura and over the top e .. The Daily Beast
3.8
Philip Kaufmans film about Ernest Hemingway and journalist Martha Gellhorn is as gloriously messy as the couples swashbuckling relationship and marria .. Sf Chronicle
1.5
Hatfields & McCoys doesnt make a case for either clan in a long, violent and wasteful family feud. Orlando Sentinel
4.5
Ernest Hemingway, played with the energetic bravado of a self made literary legend by Clive Owen, is the man who commands attention by his own design, .. Stream On Demand At Home
2.0
Hemingway and Gellhorn suffers because the story of a woman not wanting to be the footnote in her partners career, whose message inadvertently becomes .. Graffiti With Punctuation
2.0
Owen doesnt quite register as Hemingway, although he gives it a gallant try. Uncle Barky
2.8
Kidman is strong here as Martha Gellhorn, using her exceptional figure and old fashioned movie star glamour to full effect. Movie Martyr
0.5
Hemingway and Gellhorn couldnt have more wrong with it if it tried. And thats tragic because it does one thing and one thing only so very right that i .. Buffalo News
1.5
Unless youre a Hemingway completist and it turns out Im not your regrets will likely be fewer if you skip the two hours and 40 minutes long Hemingway .. Philadelphia Inquirer
1.5
Its that kind of movie: a two fer, HBO knowing and big star biopic corny. Boston Globe
0.5
The movie inexplicably fails to capitalize on Clive Owens magnetic qualities. Huffington Post
4.5
The different, trademarked bits of Kaufmanian cinema dont always come together coherently here. Film Critic: Adrian Martin ..



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