Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/17/2003(USA
Release Date: 02/10/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
The life of poet and novelist
Sylvia Plath -- one of the most celebrated literary figures of her generation -- is brought to the screen in this controversial screen adaptation. Born in Boston, MA, in 1932,
Plath (played by
Gwyneth Paltrow) developed a precocious talent as a writer and published her first poem when she was only eight years old. That same year, tragedy introduced itself into her life as
Plath was forced to confront the unexpected death of her father. In 1950, she began studying at Smith College on a literary scholarship, and while she was an outstanding student, she also began suffering from bouts of extreme depression; following her junior year, she attempted suicide for the first time.
Plath survived, and, in 1955, she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study in England at Cambridge. While in Great Britain,
Plath met
Ted Hughes (
Daniel Craig), a respected author who would later become the British Poet Laureate; the two fell in love, and married in 1958. However, marriage, family, and a growing reputation as an important poet failed to bring
Plath happiness, and as she became increasingly fascinated with death in her later poetry and her sole novel,
The Bell Jar, and after
Hughes left her for another woman, her depression went into a tailspin from which she would never fully recover.
Sylvia was adapted in part from
Birthday Letters, a collection of poems
Ted Hughes published in 1998, in which he dealt with his marriage to
Plath in print for the first time.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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