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The Edge of Love (2009)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:4

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: Despite effective performances from Knightley and Miller, The Edge of Love lacks a coherent narrative.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:20-06-2008

Synopsis: Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by a brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) is told through the lives... Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by a brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) is told through the lives of two extraordinary women. Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley) and Dylan were each other's first loves who feel the thunderbolt once more when they unexpectedly meet in London ten years later. Caitlin (Sienna Miller) is his adventurous wife, wily at using her beauty and always up for a bit of fun.

Despite their love-rival status, the women form a surprising friendship -- and though bombs rain down on London, the trio indulge in the glory of being young, and alive. When Vera meets and marries handsome Officer William Killick (Cillian Murphy), Dylan resents his trio becoming a foursome -- and Caitlin notes it.

The collapse of their group is avoided when William gets sent away to war -- and the others move back to rural Wales. With Vera now heavily pregnant and missing a husband who never writes back, the battle between her heart and head becomes more intense. William's return instigates a confrontation that has long been brewing -- but the savagery of his attack on Dylan finally forces Vera to choose between the men in her life and the friend that she loves.

Desire and guilt are complicated by love and friendship in this real-life tale set in beautiful London and the majestic Welsh countryside. --© Official Site [More]

Starring: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys

Starring: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Simon Armstrong, Ben Batt, Geoffrey Beevers, Paul Brooke

Director: John Maybury

Director: John Maybury
Screenwriter: Sharman MacDonald
Producer: Rebekah Gilbertson, Sarah Radclyffe
Composer: Angelo Badalamenti
Studio: Capitol Films

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10/01/08
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It's so hard, being a poet. ... Such is the wisdom of The Edge of Love, a movie unfortunately as banal as its tagline, 'The only thing more dangerous than war is love.'

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
07/31/09
Chris Kaltenbach
Chris Kaltenbach
Baltimore Sun

...makes us wonder by the time it's over whether it was worth our trouble watching it. (Blu-ray Edition)

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07/23/09
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The actors are fine, effort was expended, and Maybury and Rhys have a few laughs about the experience on the commentary track%u2014but The Edge of Love is more smoke than fire.

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07/15/09
Robert Cashill
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