Desertman84 Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman star in this HBO film entitled Hemingway & Gellhorn.It tells the story of writer Ernest Hemingway and his journalist wife Martha Gellhorn. Philip Kaufman directs in this TV movie that was shown on HBO on 2012.It begins in 1936 when both Martha and Ernest meet for the first time at a bar in Florida.Later,they meet each other again in Spain during a civil war and starts a romance.This effects to a nine-year relationship.They continue with their lives as we get to see Martha go to different countries like China as a war correspondent while Hemingway continues to write novels like "For Whom The Bell Tolls" which his wife Martha inspired him to do so.Then things started to look bleak between the two until the movie ended with Martha being one of the only four wives filling a divorce from Ernest in 1945.The performances of the movie was great.Give credit to both Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman for their portrayal of Hemingway and Gellhorn respectively.Owen provided the needed passion and bravado that Ernest is known for that made him a literary legend.Meanwhile,Kidman was definitely a classic as the beautiful and determined Martha Gellhorn,who would not want to be known simply as Hemingway's wife alone.Her journey from being a journalist to a war correspondent was a great story.While it may not be totally about the romance but rather more on the respective careers,it was still a good TV movie.

grantss A biopic on the relationship between the renowned writer Ernest Hemingway and the war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. A tempestuous, on-and-off romance that spanned nine years and several war zones and a World War.Great docu-drama: Gritty, moving story.Excellent performances by Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman in the lead roles. Owen captures the reckless, live-life-to-the-fullest, abandon of Hemingway perfectly, and for once Kidman doesn't come across as prissy and pretentious. Good supporting cast which includes Robert Duvall, Parker Posey, Tony Shalhoub and David Strathairn.

skipjordan-815-424401 Great actors, a director of awesome achievements and a total dud of a movie, a confused depiction of a confused man, and Gellhorn was no better drawn. The integration of the characters into newsreel footage, like "Zelig", was terrific. But the script just skimmed the surface, and Clive Owen looked nothing like Hemingway. In fact, when he had a cigar in his mouth, I could think of no one else but Groucho Marx, and that pretty much did it for me. It was smart to limit the action to the Spanish civil war and keep the story contained, but there's so much more to learn about Hemingway (though his battle with impotence was clearly described). If you didn't know more about Hemingway than what you saw in this movie, you'd go "Huhh?" about the ending, which added nothing to the arc of the story.

RyanCShowers It doesn't benefit from being an HBO made for television film, but it does have an indulging romantic moments and enthralling storyline. I wasn't expecting a voice as deep as the one Kidman uses for Gellhorn, but her performance works and you are with Martha's motivations and actions every minute. Clive Owen isn't as successful as Kidman, but he has scenes to seize the audience's attention. Hemingway and Gellhorn mixes the typical style, specifically, the cinematography sparks creativity with different film stocks it utilizes. Not a must see, but a worthy watch.Rating: 7/10Grade: B