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Effie Gray is a 2014 British biographical film written by Emma Thompson and directed by Richard Laxton, starring Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, David Suchet, Derek Jacobi, James Fox, Claudia Cardinale, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, and Robbie Coltrane, in his final film appearance before his death in 2022.
Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais ( née Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and writer who was married to Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously married the art critic John Ruskin, but she left him with the marriage never having been consummated; it was subsequently annulled.
Oct 10, 2014 · Effie Gray: Directed by Richard Laxton. With Dakota Fanning, Polly Dartford, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge. A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Richard Laxton
- 2014-10-10
Effie became known simply for her union with him—and later, for its ugly unraveling. The resulting publicity inspired plays, films, television series and even an opera.
Effie Gray benefits from its strong cast, elevating a period drama that doesn't strike quite as many narrative sparks as it could. Read Critics Reviews
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- Richard Laxton
- PG-13
- Emma Thompson
Apr 3, 2015 · To put it in crude terms, “Effie Gray” is a film about a young woman who very righteously wants to get laid who finds that her only out after a long ordeal is the fact that her husband has not taken her virginity, and there is definitely an irony in that.
Oct 9, 2014 · The film, which boasts the first original screenplay written by Emma Thompson, examines the troubled relationship between eminent Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his younger wife Euphemia ...
