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The Edge of Love

2008

John Maybury

Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Cillian Murphy ...

5.5

2,240

Drama. Romance Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas is told through the lives of two extraordinary women. Vera Phillips and Dylan were teenage loves; fast forward ten years and the two reconnect in London. She's working as a singer whilst he's churning out scripts for government propaganda films and living off the last in a long line ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"'The Edge of Love' holds a lot of promise in its first hour and never completely falls apart, but it's ultimately not the movie it might have been"
		Ray Bennett The Hollywood Reporter	"The film succeeds as a deeply involving study of men and women caught up in a whirlwind beyond their control"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"[The story] proves almost entirely devoid of interest."
		Philip French The Guardian	"This is a fascinating story, its chronology somewhat muddled and its dramatic thrust rather obscure. None of the characters is particularly attractive"
		Leslie Felperin Variety	"'Edge' is neither edgy enough to satisfy the arthouse crowd nor, given its downbeat arc, sufficiently lovey-dovey for the mainstream."
		Jason Clark Slant	"The film is on solid ground when it sticks to the women and their half-adoring, half-vicious relationship to each other; far less so when it eventually becomes yet another wartime domestic tale (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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