W.E. (2012)
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“For many years, Madonna had a rather pathetic acting career, her last lead role was almost 20 years ago in the godawful ‘Swept Away’ and it seems that she has pretty much retired. However, since then, she did shoot 2 movies very discretly so I was actually a little bit curious to see her directing skills (or lack of it). Well, eventually, even if the damned thing was rather misguided, at least, it was quite ambitious and I don’t think it was really so bad at all. Indeed, there was definitely some potential in focusing on the relationship between Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII. However, it was a huge gamble to try to transform the biggest scandal of the 20th century into, supposedly, one of the greatest love stories and, to be honest, it was never really convincing. Indeed, Madonna sp” read more
"This is worse than a horrendously bad film: it's a frustratingly flawed one. The story focuses on King Edward VIII's abdication for the woman he loved; it could have been a straightforward historical drama and served as a companion piece to The King's Speech. But instead, it makes a bullshit attempt to parallel the story to a modern-day fictional character! Oh, go away! Also, why didn't they just get an American actress to play Wallis Simpson? Andrea Riseborough's accent is impossible to take se"
" Abbie Cornish as Wally Winthrop Andrea Riseborough as Wallis Simpson "
" Director: Madonna Cinematographer: Hagen Bogdanski Other Images "