The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Hemingway & Gellhorn
Drama · Romance · 2012
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Movie details
Hemingway & Gellhorn
“We were good in war. And when there was no war, we made our own.”
2012 Drama · Romance 2h 35m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Hemingway & Gellhorn?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Philip Kaufman
Written by
Jerry Stahl · Barbara Turner
Nicole Kidman
Martha Gellhorn
Clive Owen
Ernest Hemingway
David Strathairn
John Dos Passos
Rodrigo Santoro
Paco Zarra
Molly Parker
Pauline Hemingway
Parker Posey
Mary Welsh Hemingway
Tony Shalhoub
Mikhail Koltsov
Court is in session
Put Hemingway & Gellhorn on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.