Period drama in which a young woman fights for recognition after her novels are published under her husband's name.
All the affairs and scandals that a French literary genius could wish for, with the bonus of a modern heroine and a story that acknowledges the diversity that has always been with us.
A disappointingly corseted take on a trailblazing woman.
An empowering and entertaining tale of a woman finding her own voice in a society in flux.
A dutiful biopic of a fascinating woman that should have taken itself less seriously.
Dominic West plays the French author’s exploitative husband in this invigorating and kinky biopic set during the belle époque.
For all the brilliance of its production design, and in spite of two very lively central performances, the film can’t overcome the challenge faced by every literary biopic.
Dominic West is a riot as Colette’s louche husband, but Knightley owns the film with a brilliant performance as the free-spirited author who pushes back against patriarchal oppression.
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