This biopic about English painter Turner was not quite as boring as I expected, but didn’t really captivate me. The performances were great, but Timothy Spall's Turner didn't exactly elicit my sympathies. Also, there didn’t seem to be a tension arc of any description. The camera was simply following Turner through his adult life. The visuals, of course, were quite beautiful; carefully composed and lit in soft tones. The colour filter tried to imitate the yellowish hue that often appears to saturate Turner’s paintings. Yet this could not entertain me for the entire runtime of this unnecessarily lengthy film. The only notable titbit I have is that the German spoken by the Queen and King was excellent! They must have had extensive coaching for these two lines. 3/5
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