Timothy Spall won the best actor award at this years Canne film festival for his portrayal of the artist J M W Turner in this period biopic, it is undoubtedly a fine acting performance by Spall however his portrayal of Mr Turner is not a man with whom I would choose to spend time, and especially not 2 and a half hours.
The film lacks a cohesive narrative arc, with little sense of the passage of time, and many of the scenes could almost be put in any order as they do not bear any relevance to the scene they precede. By the two hour mark, with Turner now ill, I found myself wishing he would die quickly so that the film would be over.
This film is far to long (refer to previous post regarding length of films, that is code for boring) many of the scenes could be removed and the film would probably make more narrative sense. Whilst Spalls acting may be worthy of an award, the screenwriting is most certainly not 4/10
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