The great performance by Timothy Spall as the eccentric, difficult but highly talented British brush-wielder, the lush cinematography and the detailed art and set direction, which places one squarely in the middle of the late 1700s and early 1800s of the British Romantic era are some of the delights offered in this amazing one-of-kind film by Mike Leigh (Naked, Topsy-Turvy, Secrets and Lies) That the unprepossessing, grunting, socially-challenged J. M. W. Turner (his head resembles that of a boar) proves to be a figure of fascination leads to the creation of a triumphant piece of cinema that fully engages the audience and provides an intelligent picture of life in a not-so-innocent and hard world. I can't praise this one enough. Why this movie was not honored by the Oscar crowd is one of those mysteries that perplexes one for a lifetime. Timothy Spall's performance won the Best Actor Award at Cannes but was ignored subsequently. Anyways, who cares? Perhaps this masterwork was too good for an Academy Award!
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