A Quiet Passion

Music Box Films | Release Date: April 14, 2017

6.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 43 Ratings

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GinaKMay 8, 2017

A riveting film that succeeds brilliantly in recreating the life and times of Emily Dickinson and her family – and linking it to her poetry. While creating a film that is both very witty and incredibly sad, the director elaborates on what weA riveting film that succeeds brilliantly in recreating the life and times of Emily Dickinson and her family – and linking it to her poetry. While creating a film that is both very witty and incredibly sad, the director elaborates on what we know of Dickinson’s life and we feel as if we are living with her family and friends, partly through fact and partly through surmise. Although most of the film takes place in the Dickinson family home, the actors create a larger world (that includes the Civil War) and are totally convincing. If you love Dickinson’s poetry as I do, this is a “must see” film. Cynthia Nixon is astonishing.… Expand

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binarygMay 7, 2017

Finally a film which gives Emily Dickinson her due. I've read reviews which complain that there are inaccuracies in the telling here but I've read several biographies and books about her poetry and I've read all 1,700 + poems and there areFinally a film which gives Emily Dickinson her due. I've read reviews which complain that there are inaccuracies in the telling here but I've read several biographies and books about her poetry and I've read all 1,700 + poems and there are more unknowns about her life and work than knowns. The film is beautifully shot and all of the actors, (especially Cynthia Nixon) are incredible. This one I will own as soon as it is released as a DVD. See it in the theater if it is possible.… Expand

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ProserMay 21, 2017

This is not a movie for everyone. It is not a piece of entertainment. It is not a piece of consolation. But it is an honest assessment of the life of one of our greatest poets. It is beautifully made, photographed, and brilliantly acted andThis is not a movie for everyone. It is not a piece of entertainment. It is not a piece of consolation. But it is an honest assessment of the life of one of our greatest poets. It is beautifully made, photographed, and brilliantly acted and directed. Yes, there is too much Wildian aphoristic repartee. Yes, it is unsparing; but it is also compassionate, feeling, and true. So if beauty is truth, and you are looking for both, this is your film. But if you don't like whole sentences, and long for flaming action, and don't want an uncensored vision of what life is, or what a life can be, stay away.… Expand

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LeZeeNov 29, 2017

Being a biopic, it justifies! But not everybody thinks that way!

I don't know what did everybody expected from it, but I thought it was good. It is a biopic and you can't anticipate a film to alter for your comfort. Not all the films basedBeing a biopic, it justifies! But not everybody thinks that way!

I don't know what did everybody expected from it, but I thought it was good. It is a biopic and you can't anticipate a film to alter for your comfort. Not all the films based on the real person are one hundred per cent exact depiction. Recreation is impossible, but getting somewhere close to it what this film did like many others. Because you won't able to cover thousands of hours of a person's life in just 120 minutes. The director did his part finely and so the actors.

Periodic flick means we expect fancy costumes. This film had started like one, but faded away quickly, once the story started to get serious. After graduating from the school, the young Emily Dickinson decides to write poetries and she succeeds too. But she's not a person of god as her family or the society she's living in. Then she meets another young woman like her. Soon everybody around her starts to get disappear as the phase of life moving on, so she loses all the company. How her rest of the life happens were revealed on the remaining part.

Despite both the versions of Emily were good, it also became the weakness of the film. They should have went for one actor with make- up option. I liked first half and the second half, but it looked two different films with two different actors. Setting in the 19th century, the struggles of women is what it highlighted. Most of the film took place in the Emily's house. Being a true story, it is worthy film. But not everybody would enjoy it. Because that's not how Emily Dickinson lived. I meant to get cheers from the today's audience for her film.

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