The unsettling legend behind the broken marriage in effie gray. She was from scotland and only 19 when she married to the british art critic john ruskin. Euphemia clare euphemia hannah euphemia melanie euphemia rose. Effie gray opens with a nod to onceuponatime with a reference to a beautiful girl who lived in a very cold house. From greek, short form of euphemia, meaning wellspoken. Also with emma thompson, russell tovey, claudia cardinale, derek jacobi, julie walters, robbie coltrane, james fox, tom sturridge and david suchet. Euphemia effie chalmers gray, the daughter of a lawyer, george gray, was born in perth, scotland, in 1828. Effie gray was released in 2015 on friday, april 3, 2015 in limited movie theaters.
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. Emma thompsons intelligent dramatisation of a famous victorian love triangle lacks sparkle. In her original screenplay effie gray, emma thompson takes a bold look at the real life story of the effie gray john ruskin marriage, while courageously exposing what was truly hiding behind the veil of their public life. Welcome to our new and improved comments, which are for subscribers only. Everything you need to know about effie gray movie 2015. After some pretty scottish highland views and a quickie wedding, the. This most recent movie stars dakota fanning as effie. Euphemia chalmers gray, initially known by the pet name of phemy, later as effie, was born on 7 may 1828 to sophia margaret gray and george gray in perth, perthshire, scotland. In effie gray, emma thompson peers boldly inside the forbidden realms of victorian society through the true story of the marriage of effie gray and renowned art critic john ruskin, courageously. Set in a time when neither divorce, nor gay marriage were an option, effie gray is the story of a young woman coming of age. In effie gray, emma thompson peers boldly inside the forbidden realms of victorian society through the true story of the marriage of effie gray and renowned art critic john ruskin. Theres no truly delicate way to put this, so here it is. Based on the reallife scandal that shocked victorianera england, this movie tells the story of euphemia effie gray dakota fanning.
It does not mean that they necessarily worked together if youre not sure of the way the name is spelled in our database, use a. 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, robbie coltrane, claudia cardinale, greg wise and tom sturridge. But maybe thompson is smart to keep a low profile, because effie gray is an exquisitely dreary slice of middlebrow armchair theater which adds little new to a muchfilmed story. But she was kept under certain limits of space by her laws. The story follows effie, married at the tender age of 19 and who quickly realizes her marriage is a lie when ruskin. Effie gray is based on a true story, so why does the film. Effie gray is a sumptuous historical drama set against a luscious backdrop, explores the scandalous love triangle between victorian art critic john ruskin greg wise johnny english, his teenage bride effie gray dakota fanning the twilight saga and preraphaelite painter john everett millais tom sturridge pirate radio. A look at the scandalous love triangle between victorian art critic john ruskin greg wise, his teenage bride euphemia effie gray dakota fanning. The movie revolves the story of euphemia gray shortly known as effie gray and her married life. Effie gray, who found that john ruskins ideas of a wife and marriage were not hers. It is based on the true story of a young woman who married john ruskin, a man eighteen years her senior.
A look at the mysterious relationship between victorian art critic john ruskin and his teenage bride effie gray. Effie gray 2014 full movie free 123movies watch online with english subtitles, stream free effie gray full movie online 123movies hub. United states april 3, 2015 limited canada april 3, 2015. From greek, short form of eftychia, meaning happiness. The passionate lives of effie gray, john ruskin and. Effie gray is a movie about a man who refuses to have sex with his wife. Emma thompson has penned an entertaining take on the doomed victorian marriage of john ruskin to effie gray. The following year, 1841, on a second visit, she asked him to write a fairy story. Effie gray, the historical figure, is a reallife tragic character with a feelgood ending.
Effie gray is a 2014 british biographical film written by emma thompson and directed by richard laxton, starring dakota fanning, emma thompson, julie walters. The fact that her story has been told onscreen recently in both emma thompsons film effie gray 2014 and the bbc program desperate romantics 2009 shows that even in our modern era where scandals usually contain more scurrilous aspects, effies marriage is still able to captivate us as much as it did her contemporary victorians. 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. Effie is the oldfashioned short form for euphemia, which seems a little too barefoot and tattered to be revivablethough you never know, wih names like hattie and letty making comebacks. Sitting in my watch list for quite some time was effie gray, a movie directed and written by emma thompson. It is based on the true story of john ruskins marriage to euphemia gray and the subsequent annulment of their marriage. Effie gray explores the scandalous true story of the troubled relationship between victorian art critic john ruskin and effie, his teenage bride. Effie germon 18451914, american stage actress born euphemia germon 3. Weve got our hands on the official track list of the soundtrack of effie gray, the latest period drama movie directed by richard laxton and starring dakota fanning, emma thompson, greg wise, tom sturridge, julie walters, james fox, derek jacobi, david suchet, robbie coltrane, and. The author does try to be fair to ruskin, but his choice to not consummate the marriage, and his preference for his parents company over his wifes certainly did not make him an ideal husband.
In victorian england, the virginal wife dakota fanning of critic john ruskin greg wise seeks an annulment of their marriage so that she can marry his protege, john everett millais tom sturridge. Dakota fanningthe once exceedingly precocious child actor whos recently found her footing as a mature, refined thespplays. Her sisters sophie gray and alice often modeled for john everett millais. Effie gray speaks to the heart and pays soft homage to the woman whose life we see unfold. Dakota fanning and emma thompson star in effie gray, a film about a tragic marriage between art critic john ruskin and his teen bride. A loveless marriage between a victorian era art historian greg wise and his teenage bride dakota fanning leads her to seek a different resolution. She eventually worked up the nerve to leave her spouse, with whom she lived with unhappily.
If you like effie gray you might like similar movies madame bovary, mary shelley, beauty and the beast, diary of a chambermaid, a royal affair. A woman in a world of art thats crudely drawn emma thompson wrote the screenplay and appears as a supporting character in this film. Effie bancroft, english actress and theatre manager effie crockett, american actress. A beautifully crafted film filled with a haunting stillness and melancholy touched with moments of humor. Effie gray is a 19th century period piece that wants to be about feminism and female independence in the victorian era, but the road it takes to get to its central message is so long and lonesome that, simply put, it winds up being too dull an affair for us to care. Ruskin first knew effie gray as a child a flashback shows him explaining to her the meaning of a statue of the nymph daphne turning herself into a tree to escape the attentions of apollo. Effie gray is a sumptuous historical drama set against a luscious backdrop, explores the scandalous love triangle between victorian art critic john ruskin greg wise, his teenage bride effie gray dakota fanning and preraphaelite painter john everett millais tom sturridge. Effie gray paints another unflattering portrait of a. Effie gray tells the reallife story of euphemia effie gray and her marriage to the famous critic john ruskin greg wise you may remember him as the wicked willoughby. Ruskin played by greg wise and also the husband of emma thompson was a famous writer and art critic in the victorian era who wed in.
Find where effie is credited alongside another name this will allow you to search for titles that have another person in the cast. At nineteen, she married the prominent art historian and critic john ruskin greg wise, but ruskin refused to consummate their marriage. Euphemia chalmers millais 182897, wife and model of painter, john everett millais. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including furious 7, superfast and the salt of the earth. Effie origin and meaning the name effie is a girls name of greek origin meaning pleasant speech. Effie gray full movie watch online english video dailymotion.
Emma thompsons story of john ruskins wife is bleakly fascinating dakota fanning, emma thompson, greg wise and robbie coltrane star in david suchets movie geoffrey. A look at the scandalous love triangle between victorian art critic john ruskin greg wise, his teenage bride euphemia effie gray dakota fanning, and preraphaelite painter john everett millais tom sturridge. They had known each other since she was a child he, in fact, wrote her a fairy tale that is published and you can read when she was only 12yearsold. Personal experiences with the name effie nicknames for effie meanings and history of the name effie. A look at the scandalous love triangle between victorian art critic john ruskin greg wise, his teenage bride euphemia effie gray dakota fanning, and. But effie gray, the film, starts with what could have been a classic love triangle tale but instead becomes an uninspired, laboriously told one. With dakota fanning, greg wise, tom sturridge, emma thompson. Effie met john ruskin, a family friend, when she was twelve, on a visit to herne hill.
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