Hemingway and Gellhorn: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: May 28, 2012

Summary: The romance between Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and novelist/war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) is depicted in this HBO movie.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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S1:E1. Hemmingway and Gellhorn
Air Date: May 28, 2012

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Ken Tucker

May 29, 2012

Both writers come off as passionate egomaniacs with literary gifts so undeniable, you can't help but enjoy them. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

May 25, 2012

That this rich, impressively ambitious film says far more about Martha Gellhorn than about Ernest Hemingway was inevitable. Read full review

Linda Stasi

May 29, 2012

Get past the first hour and you've got a helluva good tale. Read full review

Ellen Gray

May 25, 2012

It offers tantalizing glimpses of other movies it might have been. Read full review

Lori Rackl

May 29, 2012

Their inherently compelling story is cheapened by too many gimmicks and a lack of focus, sins that the writers Hemingway and Gellhorn managed to avoid in real life. Read full review

Troy Patterson

May 25, 2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn's daft romanticization of its subjects proves central to its overwrought sense of self. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

May 25, 2012

Not only is Hemingway and Gellhorn wretched, it is bathed in pretentiousness and pseudo-intellectual delusions of grandeur. It's not just crap, it's expensive, painfully "artistic" crap starring a lot of actors who should have known better once they took a look at the script, which is hilariously awful. Read full review

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Mae88

Jun 3, 2012

I liked the acting more than the rest but the movie is well done. Not just a love story but a honest, vivid portrait of two important people that made our history but couldn't make a history for themselves. They were very similar but distant as well. The movie has faults but it's enjoyable.I liked the acting more than the rest but the movie is well done. Not just a love story but a honest, vivid portrait of two important people that made our history but couldn't make a history for themselves. They were very similar but distant as well. The movie has faults but it's enjoyable. I don't understand the bad criticism. It's an old style movie, one of those epic movies they used to do and somehow they stopped. Kidman is impressive, emmy-worth, she's magnetic, powerful, uber beautiful. Owen was a little bit ouf of sea but he did a good job after all. I suggest everyone to watch it, it's not a masterpiece but not that bad as many say.… Expand

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smiyamot

Sep 15, 2016

It's always a treat to see how the authors lived their lives. We read their books and identify with the characters, but are the authors like the characters they write? This is a look at one of the famous authors of our generation. Was he a "legend in his own mind?"

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axekat63

May 29, 2012

Astonishing that Clive Owen, and Nucole Kiddman's agents did not nothing to stop the release of this film. HBO, while generally creating some of the best television, has failed with Hemingway and Gellhorn.
This film will surely be at home with the B movie crowd that will no doubt make fun ofAstonishing that Clive Owen, and Nucole Kiddman's agents did not nothing to stop the release of this film. HBO, while generally creating some of the best television, has failed with Hemingway and Gellhorn.
This film will surely be at home with the B movie crowd that will no doubt make fun of the often stupid dialogue and poor acting. Th bombing love scene between our stars was especially moving... bowl moving! Lar Ulric makes an appearance as a film maker with an accent that can only be described as worse than the Irish Spring voice-over. Pure and simple.. Hemingway and Gellhorn was the worst Ive seen from HBO.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 28, 2012
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  S1:E1. Hemmingway and Gellhorn
  Air Date: May 28, 2012