An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
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.
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Horrid - don't watchThis movie does not deserve the positive reviews it's received. Overall it lacked any true narrative. To sum it up for you Mr. Turner was a pig and disgusting..Score: 1/5
Incredible Painter: Horrible WorldIt's true that "Mr. Turner" is a hard movie to watch. There is much struggle and strife in this world. Class distinctions not only separated people by birth or occupation they were rigid and set. Once born into a class it was all but impossible to move up in the world except through marriage or connections. Most of England was a starving mass of misery. All money went to fighting wars and the aristocracy - which owned 80% of the land in England. There were no governmental social security remedies. Churches or family had to step up and many did not. Medicine wasn't even in its infancy: that was typhoid fever all those people turning red died of. No antibiotics or thoughts of catching a disease - illness was considered a punishment for past deeds or the will of god. Syphilis was rife and deeply feared. Pneumonia and lung disease were prevalent from coal and wood fires - the heating method of the day. Childbirth was fearful, often a death sentence of its own. Turner was lucky to born into the lower gentry - obviously his Father was a gentleman of some substance, he'd have inherited the house and the money - been expected to never work lest his "class peers" abandon him. Turner, who would be shunned if he ever took a job (selling paintings was art, not work) was born with a talent and that part of the story is shown beautifully in the shops, museums, dealings and competition with fellow artists. Never could it be mentioned one needed money. Turner was a driven man absolutely owned by his gift - he had to create - and create he did. His work is still considered unmatched by experts, his techniques studied for generations - yet there's never been another Turner. He created his own paints, as one mostly had to do then, and what that entails was fascinating. People write that Turner was eccentric, I disagree, he always knew exactly what he was doing - no whim about it - and there were painters everywhere, several of whom searched for new horizons of paints, techniques and subjects. He was bluff, seemingly rude - but I've seen many people in modern day the same way - those that have their genius running 24/7 in their heads and release only about 15% of their attention from their muse (lest she abandon one) to the putrid real world. People in our age want to see only the glory (or sometimes the horror) of other ages. But they don't want to look at the day-to-day truth. I say beauty coming from somewhere dark, dreary, and disgusting is a gift that shines through the dirt, detritus, disease and demands one "Take a Deeper Look." Turner created an enduring message of the eternal beauty available at any time, and any place, if we'll just take the moment to see..Score: 5/5
Great biopicThis is one of my favorite biopics from 2014. Just because it doesn't have a narrative doesn't mean it's bad. The lack of narrative helps it avoid the usual British biopic cliches. It's an interesting look at at very eccentric man filled with great acting and cinematography. I can see why some people wouldn't like it though.Score: 5/5
Miscast - uninterestingI really wanted to like this movie. I generally love foreign, indie and international films. I also like films about art and artists. But for some reason I couldn’t get into this film. I watched for 30 minutes and then turned it off. It’s a movie, not a book. It should get your attention within the first 30 minutes. I found the English accents very thick and difficult to understand. Also, the haughty English “stiff upper lip” Victorian theme was a real turnoff. I believe that Mr. Turner was miscast. He doesn’t look like any of the historical self portraits Mr. Turner made of himself. To me this movie came across as a bunch of old codgers who were artists. I wish they had been able to create a more interesting script with Mr. Turner as a young man making his way as a painter not as an old crusty codger. I don’t think J.M.W. Turner would have liked the way he was represented in this film..Score: 2/5
A greta insight into the Turner’s worldThis was a great biopic in that it tries to recreate no just what happened but why. Ventures into the psychology of dead people are often fraught with problems, but this movie navigates those challenges very well and sticks to embellishments that are credibly supported by the facts of Turner’s recluse life..Score: 5/5
Only idiots would hate this.It is an amazingly beautiful movie that is very impactful. If you don't like sad endings then maybe this one isn't for you. It is wonderful..Score: 5/5
Could I have my 2.5 hrs back?A painfully slow film about what appears to have been a painful life. This movie focuses on the man which is a sad mistake because (if the movie is true) he lead a sad selfish life. The dialogue is hard to follow and is often nothing more than grunts (and I not talking about the grotesqueries of his sex life)..Score: 1/5
Poor attempt at cinema veriteI would rather have my entire body waxed than watch this film again..Score: 1/5
Not my cup of teaI didn’t like it. There is no story. The movie just showed us a somewhat depressing elderly Mr. Turner. Is that really who he was - nothing more? I’m giving 2 stars only because of the woman who loved him so in his last years. If not for her and, perhaps, the depiction of that time period, I would have given just a single star..Score: 2/5
Mr. TurnerOne of the worst films ever made! Hate to know what was left on the cutting room floor; it should have been the whole movie..Score: 1/5
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Ponderous, Poetic, Protracted.An account of the last days of an eccentric individual. Beautifully shot, fantastic costumes&sets, but the most enjoyable parts of the moving are the also the shortest - namely the short snippets of witty dialogue. Worth a rent. Not suitable for children under 16..Score: 3/5
Cinematic HodgepodgeI certainly concur with the above statement about the film being wonderfuly shot, well acted, yet lacks a real theme and continuity of thought. I wished to discover more about Turner's astonishing and atmoshperic paintings, his style, his mentors, his struggles as a younger artist, and his deeper philosophical views. Instead, we are subjected to later life relationship filler, which by the way, is not in the least inspiring or interesting. I would rate this cinematic effort somewhere between 60% to 65% - definitely not the cherry picked Top Crictic Reviews of 98%. Turner's painitings are amazing. Unfortunately this depiction of his life and art is not..Score: 2/5
LackingI found the moving is lacking. It was as if segments of Turners was filmed and just put together without a flow. It was good that you can read about Turners life to see the connections in the movie. The acting was good and the cinematography was outstanding..Score: 3/5
Loved it, saw it twice.The whole story is not there but the essence of Turner’s life and works is present. Grunts he muttered many times and the old English depicted well the area of hie time and day. Loved the cinematography and the rather slow but useful pace of the stories … like memories..Score: 4/5
MR TURNERPure unadulterated GARBAGE!!!!! 2.5 hrs of my life i will never get back. No plot, no flow, lead actor grunts through the whole thing, TERRIBLE. Avoid this one at all costs.Score: 1/5
MmmmmmGreat acting, great scenery and sets....if only there was a story worth following. He paints, he's grumpy, he dies. The end..Score: 2/5
Making a pearl out of a sow’s earThe story plods along like any man’s life, Dickensian but without the fictional verve, the cinematography is aptly beautiful, reminiscent, curiously, of mostly Dutch art, the performances all are impeccable - you’ll learn that an artist's life is not necessarily as edifying as might be his art, a not especially congenial lesson.Score: 3/5
DittoI never write reviews, but this movie was so incomprehensibly appalling, I felt a duty to my fellow humans to warn them. Then I read Caubine's review. He/she nailed it. At least now I know I did not suffer alone. What were the creators of this travesty thinking?.Score: 1/5
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