Hemingway & Gellhorn

Hemingway amp Gellhorn is an HBO biopic film about the lives of journalist Martha Gellhorn and her husband, writer Ernest Hemingway. It was directed by Philip Kaufman, and first aired on HBO on May 28, 2012.

Pat Jackson, the films sound effects editor, said that the biggest challenge in doing sound for the film was making the archival footage and the liveaction footage shot locally appear seamless.The film received mixed reviews with much praise going for Nicole Kidmans portrayal of Martha Gellhorn. Mark Rozeman of Paste commented In terms of the acting, theres little room for complaint. At 45, Kidman remains a fetching and powerful screen presence. Here, she captures Gellhorns idealistic, gungho leftism without making herself sound overly selfrighteous but was less positive about Clive Owens role as Ernest Hemingway stating While Owen easily embodies Hemingways extraordinary charisma and certainly his legendary temper, his performance is often undermined by the British actors inability to hold his American accent. Jeremy Heilman of MovieMartyr.com agreed with Rosemans opinions stating Kidman is strong here as Martha Gellhorn, using her exceptional figure and oldfashioned movie star glamour to full effect and that Owens performance was inconsistent, goofy one moment and strongly seductive the next. Todd McCarthy of TheHollywoodReporter.com said of Kidman Kidman is terrific in certain scenes and merely very good in others there are a few too many moments of her traipsing around Spain, blond hair flying glamorously, not knowing quite what shes doing there. But for the most part, she rivets ones attention, lifting the entire enterprise by her presence. ........

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