
In the 1850s, Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones) is a minimally talented actress who catches the eye of the hailed British author, Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes). Bored with his intellectually unstimulating wife, Catherine (Joanna Scanlan), Charles takes the educated Nelly as his mistress with the cooperation of her mother, Mrs. Frances Ternan (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas). What follows is a stormy relationship with this literary giant who provides her with a life few women of her ... (Full plot summary below)
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In the 1850s, Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones) is a minimally talented actress who catches the eye of the hailed British author, Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes). Bored with his intellectually unstimulating wife, Catherine (Joanna Scanlan), Charles takes the educated Nelly as his mistress with the cooperation of her mother, Mrs. Frances Ternan (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas). What follows is a stormy relationship with this literary giant who provides her with a life few women of her time can enjoy. Yet, Nelly is equally revolted by Charles' emotional cruelty and determination to keep her secret. In that conflict, Nelly must judge her own role in her life and decide if the price she pays is bearable.
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| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe Invisible Woman is an exceptional film about love, longing and regret. It's further proof, if proof were needed, that classic filmmaking done with passion, sensitivity and intelligence results in cinema fully capable of blowing you away. |
| VarietyScott FoundasSo tastefully mounted and brilliantly acted that it wears down even the corset-phobic’s innate resistance to such things. |
| The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyA career high point for Ralph Fiennes as both an actor and director, this unfussy and emotionally penetrating work also provides lead actress Felicity Jones with the prime role in which she abundantly fulfills the promise suggested in some of her earlier small films. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinWith her swanlike neck and ever-flushing complexion, Felicity Jones has a perfect nineteenth-century look, but there’s something forward and modern about her physiognomy, her huge eyes and strong nose and overbite. As she gazes down in enforced modesty, you feel her soul about to burst. The performance is startlingly vivid. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerThe Invisible Woman finds Ralph Fiennes proving as adept behind the camera as he is in front of it. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigA meticulously rendered, tasteful and moving period drama. |
| Paste MagazineGeoff BerkshireThis is only Fiennes' second directorial effort -- following the gutsy 2011 Shakespeare adaptation Coriolanus -- but it's already clear he's as indispensable a director as he is an actor. |
| Fresno BeeRick BentleyDespite being saddled with all of the demands that come with directing, Fiennes turns in one of the best performances of his career. |
| RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireThe film represents a formidable achievement for Fiennes as both actor and director. |
| Arts FuseGerald PearyDickens's love is touching in a Chekhovian way.It can only bring sorrow, as it is not returned by the young woman he covets. That's the gutsy decision of the filmmakers. |