The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic75/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
218 audience votes
Key crew
- Ralph FiennesDirector
- Abi MorganWriter
- Ilan EshkeriOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ralph FiennesCharles Dickens
- Felicity JonesNelly Ternan
- Joanna ScanlanCatherine Dickens
- Kristin Scott ThomasCatherine Ternan
- Tom HollanderWilkie Collins
- Michelle FairleyCaroline Graves
- John KavanaghReverend Benham
- Amanda HaleFanny Ternan
- Perdita WeeksMaria Ternan
- Tom BurkeGeorge Wharton
- Richard McCabeMark Lemon
- David CollingsGovernor