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The Invisible Woman

His greatest story was the one he could never tell.

2013 · 1h 51m · R Drama, History, Romance
Directed by Ralph Fiennes

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Overview

In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.

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76%
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Fresh

The sheer warmth and liveliness of Fiennes's Dickens means he's impossible not to like.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

Fiennes and screenwriter Abi Morgan adapt Claire Tomalin's book with delicate grace, presenting love as blessing, curse and, perhaps, inevitable force.

Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh

Why did this bright, vivacious, intellectually engaged girl willingly lock herself up in a wealthy man's seraglio? Put bluntly, what did she get out of it? In the end, "The Invisible Woman" remains a mystery.

Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Fresh

It's wonderfully cast ... and beautifully designed; a quiet pleasure.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten

An air of complacency hangs over the project; its condemnation of Victorian sexism makes us congratulate ourselves for our more enlightened views.

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader

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