The Invisible Woman
First screened in January 2014
Director: Ralph Fiennes. Cast: Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Scanlan, Tom Burke, John Kavanagh, Michael Marcus, Perdita Weeks, Amanda Hale, Tom Hollander, Michelle Fairley, Ophelia Standen, Tom Attwood, Susanna Hislop, Gabriel Vick, Geoffrey Freshwater, Jonathan Harden. Screenplay: Abi Morgan (based on the book The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin).
Twitter Capsule: Logy passages in script; shaky frame story, finale. But actors, images persuade. Victorian era feels lived-in.

Photo © 2013 Sony Pictures Classics/BBC Films
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


Academy Award Nominations:
Best Costume Design: Michael O'Connor

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