And yet it never takes off, never quite finds the emotional truth it seems to be grasping for. Winslet and Ronan are, of course, eminently watchable - and well-cast: Winslet has no trouble convincing as a wind-beaten rock oracle, and Ronan is charming as a plangent ingenue who will grow up to become a major geologist. Ever seen Planet Terror? I did in South Korea in 2007 with a friend and her parents we walked out when a penis was chopped off 10 minutes in. It’s an exquistely tedious little sequence: clockwork filmmaking as predictable as it is wan.
Charlotte soon follows to soothe her envious lover: ‘You were the most fascinating person there tonight,’ she assures her. Seeing Charlotte chat animatedly with another lady palaeontologist (briefly but brilliantly played by Fiona Shaw), Mary storms out. Mary (Winslet) gets invited to a recital in the village and brings Charlotte along for the ride. But letting hot women touch each other onscreen isn’t enough anymore: the characters have to be well drawn and the dialogue well written. Kate Winslet ( Titanic) and Saoirse Ronan ( Lady Bird) lead the way who are looking for fossils, but end up finding love. The film is much worse than The Piano, which shares its aesthetic, and is about as banal as Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which sent hipsters the world over into paroxysms of excitement. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan play Mary Anning and geologist Charlotte Murchison A story about a self-taught palaeontologist called Mary Anning has been transformed to the big screen as Ammonite.
But the supposed unconventionality of the plot - two overlooked women in Victorian England, having sex! - masks a familiar tale. Starring: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secareanu, Fiona Shaw. There’s nothing wildly wrong with this film: it’s well acted, beautifully shot, nicely paced.
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