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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

2017

Paul McGuigan

Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave ...

6.4

2,255

Drama. Romance Based on Peter Turner's memoir, the film follows the relationship between Turner (Jamie Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"[Bening] captures the spirit of the complicated actress with remarkable subtlety and flair (...) Bell is absolutely riveting (...) A tender, affecting romantic drama"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"The chemistry is palpable between their characters (...) McGuigan is truly giving us a gift here in the first part of the movie, humanizing a figure whom most have only objectified."	POS
United States	Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"Annette Bening shines (...) It’s her co-star, Jamie Bell, who might be the film’s real secret weapon (...) How can you not fall for a film that finds the joy in Bening and Bell disco dancing together?"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[A] superficial noir riff on 'My Week with Marilyn' (...) Eventually so generic that it might as well be about anyone (...) [A] largely forgettable misfire"	NEG
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"Both Bell and Bening build up a suitably affecting chemistry that intriguingly mutates from moment to moment."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There is a tremendous warmth and tenderness to this sweet, sad love story (...) Paul McGuigan finds the balance between pathos and humour (...) There is a great spark between Bell and Bening (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"First rate performances from the two leads, and a fine supporting cast"	POS

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