Wild Nights with Emily

Movie Ranked #520 | Unknown - Comedy, History
Dramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.
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Best two reviews:
1) IndieWire - Molly Shannon is brilliant and warm as the literary icon. (Rating: 91) Read Full Review >
2) Variety - If the film has a flaw, its that it’s so preoccupied with balancing its furious feminism with gags about Victorian life that there’s little running time to lavish on Dickinson’s actual poetry. (Rating: 90) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
2) Slant Magazine - The film’s playful tone is a corrective to a century of scholarship that insisted on projecting the image of a moody spinster onto Emily Dickinson. (Rating: 75) Read Full Review >
3) The Hollywood Reporter - However well or poorly it matches the truth of Emily's life, the film's vision of her long relationship with Susan is warmly funny. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
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