YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

cormac_zoso I understand this film has some problems but not so many that they took away from Clive Owen's brilliant portrayal of Ernest Hemingway. I didn't look up the actors in the film before i watched it and so without opening credits, i kept wondering who this actor was that was playing Hemingway, showing all his qualities and failures without flinching. Owen did an exceptional job with this, not looking like himself but turning into Hemingway. And Nicole Kidman's portrayal of Martha Gellhon is not to be overlooked either. Both bring a good chemistry to the film, Gellhorn being the only woman to sue Hemingway for divorce.Well worth a watch imho.

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

alex-278 I don't normally comment on scripts and direction as I have little knowledge of how their contribution to a good film is best judged, however with this film it is probably safe to say that both of these factors have played a part in making this film appear stifled, contrived staged and utterly unconvincing. Even from the opening scene in the bar - I found myself wondering if this was a stage play with characters nailed to a spot and delivering lines - it was utterly unconvincing. Alas the film continues in this vein and does not get any better. It is over two hours of poor dialogue and pained expressions from Nicole. If I had to reflect generously on the acting of anyone it would be of Clive - he does a good job with the material available.I won't be drawn into suggesting its poor attributes are due to it being made for television, as you just have to watch NetFlix's House of Cards to see that films made for TV can be extremely well made if the scripts are well crafted and the direction inspired.

Docjbp A truly miserable film that trades in posing, overacting and phony' hyperdramatic lines. It is Insipidly researched: a five-minute read of Wikipedia may seem adequate to the badly underdeveloped, but why would they be the audience for a film like this. It is clunkily written, in dialogue and in its scenarios. The film is unfair to Hemingway, reducing him to a loud bully conspicuously and constantly panicked about his manhood and ignoring the balance of his life and personality. It is unfair to dos Passos, portraying one who saw much combat and who was regularly passed over for literary prizes because of his conviction. making him appear to be a weak and feckless hanger-on. It is also unfair to Gellhorn, who was a truly great war correspondent.The actor Clive Owen is quite an unfortunate choice to play Hemingway. Owen never sounds appropriate. The film's author seems to have a grudge against Hemingway, too.This seems aimed at no one past a high school freshman level. In fact, it seems to be written by three or four of them, and directed by the least tasteful of the group.Is American movie-making deliberately getting dumber or are such movies just negligent.