
In 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their planned honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry doesn't bring in enough to live on, but her mother is happy Viv has found a tender and discreet husband.... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their planned honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry doesn't bring in enough to live on, but her mother is happy Viv has found a tender and discreet husband.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyMiranda Richardson gives a distinguished, Oscar-nominated performance as poet T.S. Eliot's first, troubled wife in this disappointing and superficial biopic. |
| Independent (UK)Sheila JohnstonAn amount of telescoping is inevitable in a story which spans 32 years, but you are left with the feeling that the film has cunningly leapfrogged over key events you would have liked to see. |
| User ReviewPenny CTom and Viv is a powerful story centered on one woman's fight to be an individual in mid-nineteenth century British society. Miranda Richardson does an excellent job of portraying the emotional depth of an intelligent, carefree woman forced into living a conventional, traditional life while her doctors, husband (acclaimed American poet T.S. Eliot), and family believe her to be suffering from mental illness. Richardson captures the rage, quirkiness, and strength of a woman trying to make a difference in the world when nearly everyone she meets tries to keep her in her place. William Dafoe, as Tom, brilliantly shows the effects of Viv's upstarts on a man seeking to maintain traditional societal values and blend into a conventional, though artistic and intellectual, world. While the movie does not delve too deeply into Eliot's poetry, it centers on his life and the life of the woman he claimed to love; perhaps, making a statement on how life blends into art. Ultimately, Tom and Viv is a tragic story about the inadequate health system offered to women in the 1930s and how societal conformity put a wrench in the love and marriage of two brilliant people. It enrages the feminist, humanitarian, and author in me, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in a deep and compelling story of both a poet and a woman's fall. |
| User ReviewPrivate UProbably my favorite Willem Dafoe role ever. |
| User ReviewJennifer PVery good movie, touching story, teriffic performances by William Defoe and Miranda Richardson. |
| User ReviewSherstin Svivienne basically gets locked away for having pms long before anyone knew what pms was. but it's still a good watch. |
| User ReviewDan HWatched a long time ago, but enjoyed. A good statement on human condition. |
| User ReviewByron BExcellent. Dafoe and Richardson are great together. |
| User ReviewSean CNot an easy drama to enjoy or understand, but well made all the same. Defoe is uneven though, and that is the real weakness in an otherwise fine film. |
| User ReviewLuis OI enjoyed Miranda Richard's performance, but had a lot of trouble picturing William Dafoe as T.S. Eliot. |