Sexylocher Masterful Movie

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Bendara The portrayal of Turner by Timothy Spall is nothing short of a masterpiece. It deals with the incredibly complex and famous British painter, Joseph Turner, who is full of faults and haunted by personal demons: a true outsider who is allowed access into the upper class due to his brilliance as a landscape painter. If you want to watch a movie about a real human and the real people around him, see the movie now. Spall is superb.

murrap The Bad Either I am watching an attempt at an accurate biographical account or I am not. Leigh inventing a story line that traduces Turner's character because it "felt right" is an important step too far. Not that he appears to have been a saint. Turner was sacrificed for Leigh's craft. It also did not tell a tale, more a series of barely related events, which themselves were not followed up eg. Haydon. Turner's father looked in some ways younger than Turner with more of a twinkle in his eye, so a very questionable portrayal. I also could not hear what was being said at the beginning of the film; maybe this was intentional but let's have a few subtitles to poke fun at this stupidity. The Good. Beautifully shot and great atmosphere.

grapesofbutcher Well Mr. Leigh, I admire your work and Imma let you finish but this movie sucks on many levels. I am not in the position to judge the quality of British painting but when it comes to comparing it with other European countries' painting ecoles, say "Dutch Masters" or Italian Renaissance painters or many many famous French painters, British painting is definitely not in the hall of fame of European art.That is why I consider making a biopic of a British painter as a slight attempt to elevate British painting to a more visible and honorable degree by the means of cinema. An effort to make a place for it in the minds. However, Mr. Turner's neither art nor character and nor his life is interesting, on the contrary, almost everything is rather dull.This kind of movies mostly receive admiration for its contribution to imagining old times. How did people pass their time when there was no TVs, no pastime instruments. When there was limited light in houses, what did people do at nights? How did they behave in an art society, in the Victorian age, what did they speak? I have to admit, Mr. Leigh must have some hardships in illustrating those moments and his artistry works in this level. But we have seen better of his talent previously. I believe he has the quality of Fellini while establishing his own gravitational atmosphere, especially in the context of actor direction.

David I disagree with comments saying this was spoiled by the lack of a story or that it was somehow empty.Give me the truth every time instead of being spoonfed some convenient children's story book version of something. I loved these snapshots of the man and his process. It felt real and unembellished.I think formulaic storybook films should have had their day by now but people are so slavish to them that the money machine keeps churning them out and ramming them down our throats like so much grain down a foie gras goose's neck. Then people panic when there's not a story. We are not 5! Use your damned imagination, or take it at face value. Be disturbed or haunted by the lack of tidy bows and happy endings, by the open spaces, by the jagged edges. This is life, unlike children's stories.I liked the acting from the maid in particular, but Spall and some of the supporting cast were good too. Also liked the haunting score kicking in at poignant moments. Some lovely cinematography spliced in there too. Better than I thought from the reviews, but it's not a laughfest or a tidy story. Which is absolutely fine by me cos I've had my fill of those.