A Quiet Passion (2017)
72%RT Audience Score: 48%
Awards & Nominations: 4 wins & 25 nominations
A Quiet Passion offers a finely detailed portrait of a life whose placid passage may not have been inherently cinematic, but is made more affecting by Cynthia Nixon’s strong performance
A Quiet Passion is like a poem come to life, but with less rhyming and more Emily Dickinson. Terence Davies does justice to the beloved poet’s life, and Cynthia Nixon’s portrayal of Dickinson is nothing short of fantastic. It’s a beautiful and searing portrait of a complicated woman who lived life on her own terms, and it’s definitely worth a watch. Plus, who doesn’t love a good biopic that reanimates its subject?
Production Company(ies)
Why Not Productions, Chic Films, Page 114
Distributor
Music Box Films
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
AED Studios, Flanders, Belgium
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images and brief suggestive material
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:2h 5m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2017 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 8, 2017
Genre(s)
Biography
Keyword(s)
starring Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Catherine Bailey, Jodhi May, Emma Bell, directed by Terence Davies, written by Terence Davies, biography, Emily Dickinson, poet, family, relationships, gender roles, religion, poetry, Massachusetts, 19th century, candlelit conversations, independent women, humor, disappointment, control, stifling nature, hyper-stylized dialogue, slow pace, measured framing, gorgeous lighting, voiceover, recognition, glory, warts and all, PG-13, thematic elements, disturbing images,
Worldwide gross: $4,159,246
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,017,033
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,175
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 547,114
US/Canada gross: $1,865,396
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,250,108
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,006
US/Canada opening weekend: $45,825
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $55,276
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,174
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): 6900000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $8,323,029
Production budget ranking: 1,738
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $4,481,951
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$7,787,947
ROI to date (est.): -61%
ROI ranking: 1,751
Jennifer Ehle – Vinnie Dickinson
Keith Carradine – Father (Edward Dickinson)
Catherine Bailey – Vryling Buffam
Jodhi May – Susan Gilbert
Emma Bell – Young Emily Dickinson
Director(s)
Terence Davies
Writer(s)
Terence Davies
Producer(s)
Roy Boulter, Sol Papadopoulos
Film Festivals
Berlin, Cannes, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 25 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (179) | Top Critics (54) | Fresh (164) | Rotten (15)
It’s a film made in the image of Dickinson and her poetry, in other words: starkly original, but without much show of fuss.
August 10, 2017
K. Austin Collins
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
Davies doesn’t shrink from the challenges this darkened mood poses for his audience.
June 26, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
It’s a singular life, marred by the fact that Dickinson didn’t live to enjoy the admiration her poems now attract. And I can’t think of another director with the sensibility to put it on screen.
June 21, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
When one artist makes a film about another artist, you can be reasonably sure the first sees something of a mirror in the second. That’s true here in Terence Davies’ beautiful, formally demanding and quite searing portrait of the poet Emily Dickinson.
June 21, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
This is a film of subtle beauty.
May 11, 2017 | Rating: 3/4
Calvin Wilson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOP CRITIC
It’s not easy to do justice to such a beloved, enigmatic artist, but “A Quiet Passion” was well worth the wait.
May 11, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4
Stephanie Merry
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
It’s not just a record of a life, it succeeds at doing what every biopic aspires to: It reanimates.
October 5, 2021
CJ Sheu
Review Film Review
A Quiet Passion is a dive into the mind and spirit of Miss Dickinson, who to this day, is a writer that changed the way words were put to the page.
February 15, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
Leo Brady
AMovieGuy.com
Despite the differences, A Quiet Passion still holds the moments of quiet beauty for which Davies is known…
January 4, 2021
Aaron Pinkston
Battleship Pretension
A Quiet Passion is a fantastic exploration of depression and oppression in a context and tone which are not often explored.
September 24, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Leigh Monson
Substream Magazine
A combination of Nixon’s measured portrayal of the writer and Davies’ in depth depiction of her life and loves really furnishes us with a clearer picture of the woman.
July 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
Carey-Ann Pawsey
Orca Sound
Davies succeeds in showing a complicated woman bound by tradition and societal rules. But however tragic and lonely her life was, he also shows us that Dickinson lived the way she wanted to…
July 17, 2020
Dustin Chang
ScreenAnarchy…
Plot
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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