Sylvia (2003)

Title: Sylvia
Released: 2003
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 110 min / USA:100 min
Country: UK
Language: English

Tagline: Life was too small to contain her...

Plot Summary: Talented but plagued by her owns demons Sylvia Plath's early relationship with husband and fellow poet, Ted Hughes, is dominated by Ted's ambition and success. In the early years of their marriage Sylvia lacks inspiration and increasingly senses Ted's infidelity. The unspoken question is whether Ted's extra-marital affairs are the result of Sylvia's own insecurities or whether Sylvia's deepening depression is exacerbated by her husbands philandering. It is only towards the end, when they are separated, that Sylvia is able to truly explore the dark depths of her soul and write the searingly brilliant poetry that earned her fame.

Comments: So intense ... Ms. Paltrow does not let your eye leave her from the moment she enters the frame... moment by moment she projects her feelings thoughts... almost painful to watch at times... you almost feel like you are watching Paltrow herself unravel on screen (boat on the ocean. I love Plath and I love Paltrow as Plath... she is heartbreaking and haunting just like the poetry the real Sylvia wrote. She unlike most actresses becomes a character and she became Sylvia Plath.

Cast overview:
Gwyneth Paltrow .... Sylvia Plath
Daniel Craig .... Ted Hughes
Jared Harris .... Al Alvarez
Blythe Danner .... Aurelia Plath
Michael Gambon .... Professor Thomas
Amira Casar .... Assia Wevill
Andrew Havill .... David Wevill
Lucy Davenport .... Doreen
Liddy Holloway .... Martha Bergstrom
David Birkin .... Morecambe
Alison Bruce .... Elizabeth
Julian Firth .... James Michie
Jeremy Fowlds .... Mr. Robinson
Michael Mears .... Charles Langridge
Anthony Strachan .... Michael Boddy (as Antony Strachan)

Movie scenes preview:
Scene #1

Scene Description: Gwyneth Paltrow showing us her bare ass and the silhouette of her breasts as she rides a guy in bed, and then rolls over underneath him as they continue to have sex. We Then see Gwyneth Paltrow sitting nude in a guy's lap as she rides him on a couch, her breasts and ass visible as they have sex. We then see her laying naked beside him, and finally kneeling on the couch afterwards, her breasts visible again.

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