Synopsis
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Mr. Turner
2014 Directed by Mike Leigh
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Timothy Spall Dorothy Atkinson Marion Bailey Paul Jesson Lesley Manville Martin Savage Ruth Sheen David Horovitch Karl Johnson Peter Wight Joshua McGuire Stuart McQuarrie Sylvestra Le Touzel Leo Bill Kate O'Flynn Sinead Matthews Karina Fernandez Richard Bremmer Mark Stanley Jamie Thomas King Tom Wlaschiha Patrick Godfrey Niall Buggy Fred Pearson Tom Edden Clive Francis Robert Portal James Fleet Roger Ashton-Griffiths Show All…
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Film4 Productions Focus Features BFI Diaphana Films Amusement Park Films Xofa Productions France 3 Cinéma Lipsync Productions Thin Man Films
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M. Turner, Ο Κύριος Τέρνερ, 미스터 터너, Turner, Уильям Тёрнер, Mr. Turner - Meister des Lichts, 透纳先生, Dl. Turner, Ο Κος Τέρνερ, Pan Turner, מר טרנר, Bay Turner, Sr. Turner, Містер Тернер, Г-н Търнър, ターナー、光に愛を求めて, 畫世紀：透納先生
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31 Oct 2014
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05 Nov 2014
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14 Nov 2014
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26 Nov 2014
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03 Dec 2014
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10 Dec 2014
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11 Dec 2014
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19 Dec 2014
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31 Dec 2014
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08 Jan 2015
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14 Jan 2015
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21 Jan 2015
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22 Jan 2015
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29 Jan 2015
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Australia
21 Jan 2015
- Theatrical
Belgium
10 Dec 2014
- Theatrical
Brazil
01 Jan 2015
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Denmark
31 Dec 2014
- Theatrical7
Finland
19 Dec 2014
- Theatrical
France
15 May 2014
- Premiere Festival de Cannes
03 Dec 2014
- Theatrical
Germany
05 Nov 2014
- Theatrical6
Greece
08 Jan 2015
- Theatrical
Ireland
31 Oct 2014
- Theatrical
Italy
29 Jan 2015
- Theatrical
Netherlands
11 Dec 2014
- Theatrical
New Zealand
14 Jan 2015
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Norway
08 Jan 2015
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Portugal
26 Nov 2014
- TheatricalM/12
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19 Dec 2014
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South Korea
22 Jan 2015
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19 Dec 2014
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14 Nov 2014
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31 Oct 2014
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19 Dec 2014
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Leigh’s funniest? we were laughing and laughing. so much more lush & engaging than my first viewing eight years ago. honestly they should have barred me from seeing this at 23. loser mindset era— too narrowly concerned about him being “rude to women” to see its expansive, beautiful, meticulous point of view
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And now, a review of MR. TURNER in the style of its main character:
"Mmmmmmmm. MMMMMMM. Mmmmmm. [Snort.]"
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A film with shots so breathtaking that the entire audience would gasp collectively, but also a film that's desperately in need of an editor. Normally I'm not one to criticize shallowness of narrative, but as much as I loved the performances in this film, even those can run out of steam a little bit when the audience is forced to endure the same sort of strange, goofy behavior and (as everyone else has mentioned) grunting for a bloated 150 minutes. Not my favorite Mike Leigh film but certainly his most beautiful and, in general, one of the most visually stunning films of the year. Dorothy Atkinson is absolutely hysterical.
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My roommate's favorite director is Mike Leigh, and we went to the theatre to catch this because we're both fans. Afterward, we spoke at length about the film, and much of this review reflects parts of that conversation.
All Mike Leigh films are empathetic. You watch and you find yourself understanding the emotional character of the people portrayed before you, as their every movement, word, and expression is part of the being they've inhabited rather than some quirk of the actor. What is remarkable about this is that Leigh's subjects are never people who are easy targets. They are never anything less than human beings, with flaws as ugly as their greatest moments of beauty. Mr. Turner is as complex…
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Bringing on screen the life & career of one of the most prolific, gifted & distinguished painters you never heard of, Mr. Turner could've been a highly fascinating & interesting biopic as the icon it attempts to resurrect on the film canvas was considered a highly controversial figure of his era but what it instead turns out to be is a 150 mins of lifeless drama that feels twice as long.
Set in mid-nineteenth century, the story chronicles the last 25 years in the life of the esteemed English painter, J.M.W. Turner. And although the plot does offer glimpses of what drove or inspired the man & his work over the years, its major emphasis is actually on the flawed individual beneath all the…
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sprawling but never disorganized or lacking in intimacy. this has to be somewhat autobiographical on Leigh's part, with so many characters either unduly frustrated or even perhaps overly impressed by Turner's insistence on what they see as quotidian. the details are what make both artists' work so vital.
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It's only fitting that Mr. Turner takes on the texture of an ambulatory painting that brims with precise orchestration and vivid expression. It beautifully hums and flows like the artwork on display - not just as a superficial marvel but as a profound reincarnation of J.M.W. Turner's eminent yet occasionally objectionable life. Unlike countless biopics of recent, Mike Leigh's stunning epic boasts copious clarity and a seamlessly paced narrative that creatively circumvents the trappings of the genre. Incandescent and entirely immersive, Mr. Turner echoes the enchanting artistry of Turner with its own spellbinding piece of magnificence.
One of the most thorough period pieces in recent memory, Mr. Turner's rigorous eye for time and place is downright transcendent - with Dick…
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“The sun is God! Ha ha ha!”
Shamefully I have to admit that this was the first time I watched a Mike Leigh film despite all the critically acclaimed films he has directed in the past. Neither did I know anything about the life of British painter, JMW Turner, whom this film was based upon, so I actually went into this movie with no prior knowledge of anything about Mr. Turner. I can’t say the film was an illuminating experience either because the biopic doesn’t really introduce us to the character of Turner. The film takes off during the painter’s late years when he was an already established painter in 1800’s Victorian society. Leigh focuses on the character of Turner…
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*grunt* "Humans" *grunt
Misanthropy and pain funneled into an expression of the harmony in chaos and contradictions. "Precisely off-center." The ox may lose the race, but it makes for good eating in the end.
Digital cinematography has come a long way, and I have a new appreciation for windows.
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