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Sylvia
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PALTROW,GWYNETH
EAN: 9780783297828
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783297823
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: 025192395826
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 10, 2004
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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Editorial Review:
The biting poetry and sad life of poet Sylvia Plath form the story of Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. This subtle but fascinating movie centers around Plath's relationship with poet Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig, Love Is the Devil), with whom she fell aggressively in love while a student at Cambridge. Their relationship proved passionate but rocky; many of Plath's fans blame the depression that eventually led her to suicide on Hughes's infidelity. Sylvia doesn't let Hughes off the hook, but it doesn't paint Plath as a helpless victim either. Paltrow's superb performance captures the poet's fierce jealousy and artistic ambition as much as her debilitating sorrow. The movie makes no big statements about Plath's poetry, letting the troubling details of her life tell their own compelling story. Also featuring Jared Harris, Blythe Danner, and Michael Gambon; the acting is outstanding all around. --Bret Fetzer
Explores the early romance and tempestuous marriage of poet Sylvia Plath and her husband Ted Hughes.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 24-AUG-2004
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A noble attempt, but it falls short
I was concerned when I saw that Paltrow had been cast as Plath, so I avoided seeing this movie for years because I was sure she alone would derail the movie. How wrong of me - it's not that Paltrow isn't miscast, it's that the Plath she's playing isn't quite true to life. Paltrow actually does an excellent job with what she's given.
What's missing? Well, Plath's breezy, bright qualities are almost completely absent, save for some quick scenes at the beginning of the movie that only ... Read More
Rating:  - "Her own words describe her best."
Having recently finished "Ariel: The Restored Edition" and "Her Husband, Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath: A Marriage", I thought I would finish off my Plath rampage with this movie. I was very disappointed. The movie was long, stuck to details of her life that probably didn't help move along the plot of the movie, and extremely melodramatic. I was dismayed and even a little embarrassedSylvia after finishing. In her introduction to "Ariel: The Restored Edition," Frieda Hughes says, "My mother's poems ... Read More
Rating: - It should have been titled "Sylvia and Ted"
I am an avid Plath reader. I also like to learn about her life from a variety of sources, so when I heard of this film I was super excited before I saw it; disappointed after I saw it.
Many incidents were confusing. It leaned on the tragic and pathetic version of some scenes. And for a movie about Sylvia Plath, there seemed to be a link between her success and her association with Hughes, which is not true. The film, without prior knowledge of her life was misleading at times. ... Read More
Rating:  - A disservice to Sylvia
I'd have given this movie 3 stars if it weren't for the brilliant performances of its cast. Despite an unforgettable portrayal from Gwyneth Paltrow of a haunted, tormented soul in a performance that is almost disturbing, the film glossed over Sylvia Plath's relationship to her art while focusing mainly on her relationship to her husband, poet Ted Hughes.
The movie version showed collaboration between the two poets only during their courtship phase, with Sylvia losing touch with her art ... Read More
Rating: - The Hughes-Plath Marriage, In Shorthand
In her effort to avoid blaming the much-maligned Ted Hughes for Sylvia Plath's 1963 suicide, the director of "Sylvia" reduces the period covering Plath's graduate studies at Cambridge University, her marriage to Hughes, the birth of their two children, and Plath's descent into morbid depression and suicide, to a series of rapid brushstrokes. These brushstrokes, unfortunately, are too shallow to convey the complexity of Plath's relationship with Hughes, let alone her relationship with the emotional demons ... Read More
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