Artivels Undescribable Perfection

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

M MALIK i like Gwyneth Paltrow she is a good actress i checked this film out because of her but sadly it failed to keep me hooked.this was based on a real life story of poet Sylvia Plath now i don't want to go in details about how accurate this film was but i will talk about what was good and bad about this film adaptation of a real life person.i will not reveal the plot here but i will say it is a depressing film and most of the characters are sad specially Sylvia portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow she did her best here giving all the emotions with her acting methods she cries a lot here all the pain shes was going through you can feel it.the film and the story were both good but the biggest minus point was the acting of Daniel Craig this guy is the king of overacting i swear the whole film he was shouting and going berserk and ruined the film experience for me.i liked the way this film was shot the cinematography was amazing if only the script and cast were better this film could have been better it had potential.this film explores Sylvia's life it is a biographical but a lot of moments are over the top here it is more of a sad love story then a Biographical film then all the unnecessary sex scenes comes,the film runs good for half an hour then tries too hard to fall into a boring, sad erotic movie and fails to connect with the audience.i hated this film specially Daniel Craig this is the same guy who also murdered the James bond films he is not a good actor at all Gwyneth Paltrow is the only good thing about this film and she looks quite stunning and beautiful here even when smoking cigarettes.Overall Sylvia 2003 is a waste of time and money my rating is 3/10.Skipp It

Armand it is an instrument. to discover Sylvia Plath silhouette. to remember her work. for see a drama with strange ambitions. or, only, for admire Gwyneth Paltrow in a role far to be special. film about the fight of a young woman against reality, it has gift to present a social case more than slices of a biography. this fact is not bad. but the absence of poetry - Sylvia Plath was a writer not a common housewife makes things not easy. and the mountain becomes mouse. it is an interesting movie but its way is not inspired. literature circle seems be only detail or an ornament. the tragedy of Plath existence is out of nuances. and the message is satisfactory. it is a sketch, not bad, not well. only sketch based on fragile memories about a legend of XX century great poetry. is it enough ?

cnycitylady I've wanted to see this movie for quite some time, so you can imagine my disappointment when I found a shallow and almost un-sympathetic retelling of the great Sylvia Plath's marriage to Ted Hughes.The story at first felt very rushed and then just seemed to drag on. Pacing was a big problem here because as a viewer you kind of fall in and out of the story. One minute it catches your interest but then it loses it through lack of elaboration or because it just wasn't what you expected. Daniel Craig wasn't at all believable as the brooding poet who somehow won the love (rather quickly) of the famous Ms. Sylvia Plath. He seemed so out of place, and maybe I'm too young but I just kept saying to myself "Why does James Bond give a hoot about Poetry?" Gwyeneth Paltrow did a good job, she was very present in all of her scenes, but again I think the casting choice was odd. All I could see with her was Viola from Shakespeare In Love, (but I guess that would explain her love of poetry.)A movie about Sylvia Plath's life might prove more interesting; a movie about her entire life that is. She seemed to be a fairly interesting person, with all of the suicide attempts and whatnot. Perhaps it was just the fact that it only focused on her failed marriage to a very depressing man which made the movie, dare I say it, boring? I don't hate it, although I think there's a lot to dislike, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I know. Maybe you have to truly be a poet to enjoy this movie, since there seem to be a great deal of Motif's and symbolism in it.

Syl The life of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes was a complicated relationship. They were both poets. Sylvia was far more brilliant but totally tortured by her own inner demons. Perhaps, she would have been treated today for mental illness with counseling and medication. Sadly, Sylvia's suicide is fact and not fiction. She was still brilliant and promising but tortured by her inner demons of jealousy about her husband. Perhaps she had postpartum depression as well. Gwyneth Paltrow's performance of Sylvia Plath is a solid performance but it's weakened by poor writing. Daniel Craig does very well in playing her husband. I do enjoy seeing Blythe Danner in playing Sylvia's mother. Poetry is perhaps the most difficult of all writing and takes various forms. It's not surprising that Sylvia Plath had done her finest work solo but she was a gentle soul. I enjoyed seeing Sir Michael Gambon as her landlord. Like I wrote, I felt better improved writing could have helped turn this film into an Academy Award nominated performance by Gwyneth Paltrow. Also, the film was shot on location in New Zealand rather than England or America.