Her work on the frontlines of WWII delivered some of the most essential, and horrifying, images of the Holocaust, but Lee Miller’s strong, independent spirit is boxed in by the formulaic, paint-by-numbers script
FIlm Still Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in this fascinating portrait of the great American war correspondent Lee Miller , whose singular talent and ferocious tenacity gave us some of the 20th century’s most indelible images.swerves into the safest of choices. From its flat voiceover narration, staid flashback-based structure, and underutilized international cast, the feature directorial debut of noted) is nothing if not consistent in its abundance of caution.
As played by Kate Winslet, Miller is a fiercely independent rogue, not willing to let anyone – neither editor nor lover – tell her where to go or what to do. But Kuras’s film, especially the paint-by-numbers script credited to a trio of writers, seems to oddly object to such a strong spirit, boxing the character into the most formulaic of narratives.
Miller’s story unfolds as a testy interview between the retired hero – Winslet sports some truly unconvincing old-age makeup – and an inquisitive young man whom we presume to be a journalist, but ends up being part of an eye-rolling last-minute twist.
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