Ammonite

2020

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Neon | Release Date: November 13, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Alec Secareanu, Claire Rushbrook, Fiona Shaw, Gemma Jones, Harvey Scrimshaw, James McArdle, Kate Winslet, Liam Thomas, Max Dowler, Sam Parks, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah White, Wendy Nottingham

Summary: 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.

Director: Francis Lee

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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G. Allen Johnson

Nov 11, 2020

An exquisite achievement. Read full review

The Film Stage Orla Smith

Oct 17, 2020

Ammonite will make you feel as if you’re right there in Lyme with Mary, sharing her loneliness and delighting in the small moments of joy she allows herself, all the while breathing in the crisp sea air. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Sep 12, 2020

From the beginning of Ammonite, writer/director Francis Lee trusts his lead performer to convey an incredible amount without dialogue. And that trust pays off in one of the best performances of Kate Winslet’s career. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Nov 12, 2020

Ammonite joins a long list of forbidden love stories, yielding a movie presented in washed-out tones, which shines principally thanks to Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. The result is a slow-moving, somewhat predictable but finally effective period romance that primarily serves as an old-fashioned testament to star power. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Nov 9, 2020

Yet the movie persuades you, and bears you along. It may lack historical grounding—though Mary and Charlotte were certainly friends, the existence of any further intensity is pure, indeed wild, supposition—but it feels emotionally earthed, and, far from rising above the spartan brutishness of the early scenes, Lee digs deeper still. Read full review

Lindsey Bahr

Nov 12, 2020

A film like this should give life to its characters and reveal essential truths beyond the book-report versions of their existence. But Ammonite keeps you at a distance on a rather vacant, but beautiful, journey. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Sep 12, 2020

Even in their most intimate scene, Mary and Charlotte and their love remain at a remove. Read full review

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TVJerry

Nov 13, 2020

Kate Winslet plays a sullen fossil hunter on the cloudy coast of 1840s Lyme, England. Saoirse Ronan is the young woman who comes to the sea for convalescence. After a halting start, their relationship becomes intense and somewhat explicit for an art film. Winslet maintains a dour demeanorKate Winslet plays a sullen fossil hunter on the cloudy coast of 1840s Lyme, England. Saoirse Ronan is the young woman who comes to the sea for convalescence. After a halting start, their relationship becomes intense and somewhat explicit for an art film. Winslet maintains a dour demeanor throughout (hardened like the rocks she studies), while Ronan manages to evolve her character. Pensive shots of shells and bugs are peppered throughout the deliberately-paced drama. While there’s potential for period beauty and passion, there would have been more opportunity for emotional effect if the pacing wasn’t so introspective.… Expand

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