Effie Gray review – Emma Thompson’s entertaining take on a doomed Victorian marriage
Dakota Fanning performs with gusto in this slightly hammy account of John Ruskin and Effie Gray’s marital disaster
October 2014
Box office analysis: UK
Gone Girl remains UK No 1 as The Maze Runner gallops to second place
Charles Gant: Ben Affleck drama falls just 15% despite restrictive 18 certificate, indicating wider appeal beyond fans of the novel, and teen adventure The Maze Runner makes respectable numbers
Effie Gray review – a handsome but inert portrait
Emma Thompson’s intelligent dramatisation of a famous Victorian love triangle lacks sparkle, writes Mark Kermode
What you should watch this week
Why Effie Gray is the one film you should watch this week - video
Peter Bradshaw explains why Emma Thompson's movie about the unconsummated marriage between John Ruskin (Greg Wise) and his Scottish bride (Dakota Fanning) is the movie to make a date with this weekend
March 2013
Emma Thompson's Effie cleared for release after winning second lawsuit
Victorian-era drama about John Ruskin's wife Effie Gray greenlit after judge deems film 'quite dissimilar' to work of US playwright
December 2012
Emma Thompson wins Effie lawsuit
Film about love triangle between John Ruskin, Effie Gray and John Everett Millais to go ahead after US court clears Thompson of plagiarism
February 2011
Emma Thompson's Effie facing copyright fight
Emma Thompson in court battle with playwright over screenplay for Effie
