Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

PodBill Just what I expected

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

rcastl2335 First of all, let me say how incredibly funny--and offbase, the criticisms of this film are. Crankiness about the acting and script, in particular, are hilarious. Except for being about 30 pounds too light for his part, Clive Owen perfectly captured Ernest Hemingway. He was brave, a braggart, a bully, an unabashed adulterer and he did mistreat John Dos Passos during and after the Spanish Civil War. Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn also did a fantastic job as the hardworking, courageous Gellhorn. (BTW: the priss who objected to her sexiness in pants was laughably wrong. Gellhorn did, in fact, catch Hemingway's--and many other men's eye with her long legs and looks.) After having read several Hemingway biographies, I'd say this is a pretty accurate look at the pair, minus a few points for some Hollywoodisms. For example, Mary Hemingway was asleep in another room the morning Hemingway committed suicide. All in all, a terrific film and it's best to ignore the silly carping of the critics, particularly those who MISSPELL HEMINGWAY'S NAME when it's in the title of the film . One "m," people.

grantss A biopic on the relationship between the renowned writer Ernest Hemingway and the war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. A tempestuous, on-and-off romance that spanned nine years and several war zones and a World War.Great docu-drama: Gritty, moving story.Excellent performances by Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman in the lead roles. Owen captures the reckless, live-life-to-the-fullest, abandon of Hemingway perfectly, and for once Kidman doesn't come across as prissy and pretentious. Good supporting cast which includes Robert Duvall, Parker Posey, Tony Shalhoub and David Strathairn.

cameron-johnson4 Hemingway and gall horn tried to force the story and structure of the movie down your throat. its starts with gall horn ( Nicole kid man) getting interviewed, talking about the good Ole days, before she met gall horn, it goes back and you know because it instantly changes to black and white, and Hemingway (clive Owen) is fishing. the director wanted us to know that Hemingway wasn't a sophisticated writer, but a manly, tough brute with a writing talent. he forced us to acknowledge that by showing Hemingway, with a big cigar hanging out of his mouth, talking manly, using his Strong to reel in a big fish to the when the fish is aboard punches it in the head till it starts bleeding, to exaggerate the blood the blood is red although everything else is black and white. Hemingway has fish and animal trophy's from hunting and fishing all around his pub, gall horn comes in, they meet and a day later they are both off to Spain to fight in the war? and it wasn't like it was love at first sight gall horn admitted in the movie there was a moment she knew she was in love but that was at least 50 minutes more into the film. yes gall horn was a writer and in movies that usually means spontaneous, but that was her character and again thought was forced down our throats. prior to watching the movie, after you've looked at the movie length, then start the film then it is evident that the director is going for a movie in the style of once upon a time in America, or Gandhi, but this movie would never amount to those films although thats what was gone for. the first half of the movie is quite enjoyable and entertaining, like a TV show it is driven by tension of love and usually in a TV show when the love tension has been satisfied by sex or even the fact of the viewer knowing they are a couple, the show spirals into a conclusion.in Hemingway and gall horn once the love tension is satisfied the stupid movie doesn't go anywhere. the impact of the demise of the love (marriage) is forced down out throat (although that is predictable from the start)with quotes from gellhorn such as " life shouldn't be so perfect" and a lot others similar. as a TV show this would be great, a season of love tension, then another, then sex,marriage and true love in the second last episode of season 3, and everything in the movie that half of it was based on, that goes nowhere, somehow make it exciting and make it the final episode. this movie is OK i guess, but very very very poorly structured.

RyanCShowers It doesn't benefit from being an HBO made for television film, but it does have an indulging romantic moments and enthralling storyline. I wasn't expecting a voice as deep as the one Kidman uses for Gellhorn, but her performance works and you are with Martha's motivations and actions every minute. Clive Owen isn't as successful as Kidman, but he has scenes to seize the audience's attention. Hemingway and Gellhorn mixes the typical style, specifically, the cinematography sparks creativity with different film stocks it utilizes. Not a must see, but a worthy watch.Rating: 7/10Grade: B