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Nov 01, 2010Books100 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The movie was a gripping discussion about living life to its potential. It skirted the issue of depression and the toll the hours take to bear it. I liked the screenplay intertwining all 3 female characters weaving in and out of V. Woolfe's fictional & personal story, and the ultimate finality as ended by her character the poet. I felt Nicole Kidman's performance was the strongest, she really had a presence for V. Wolfe's personality—the nose change, the clothing, and the musical score all enhanced the outcome. I also liked the actor playing young Ritchie, he was able to set the tone for his mother's (J. Moore) misery very well. The movie also reminded me of Melancholia, a state of mind often mentioned as something suffered by women from this Victorian era (i.e. the Bronte novels). They were described as going up to their darkened rooms to endure in silence and misery, and this was all accepted as something normal for the genteel set.