The Film Mary Shelley (2017)

1. Mary Shelley - Rotten Tomatoes

  • Movie Info Synopsis Mary Wollstonecraft's family disapproves when she and poet Percy Shelley announce their love for each other. The family is horrified when ...

  • Mary Wollstonecraft's family disapproves when she and poet Percy Shelley announce their love for each other. The family is horrified when it finds that the couple has eloped, accompanied by Mary's half-sister, Claire. While staying in the home of Lord Byron at Lake Geneva, the guests are challenged to write a ghost story, which leads Mary to conceive her novel "Frankenstein."

2. Mary Shelley - Apple TV

  • The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18 year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing 'Frankenstein'.

3. A look at Mary Shelley the Film - UI Libraries Blogs

  • Oct 31, 2018 · Most reviewers agree Mary Shelley is a very good film to look at; I thought so too, especially the costumes and interior shots. Also good: the dialog, both ...

  • This Halloween season, Frankenstein is everywhere. And no wonder, for the book turned 200 this year and is overdue for a party. While the monster is everywhere, what about the woman who created the famous story? We’ve asked our own Frankenstein expert and Curator of Science Fiction and Popular Culture, Peter Balestrieri to review the latest film on the famed female author. 

4. Mary Shelley review – Elle Fanning plays the innocent while making a ...

  • Jul 6, 2018 · A young Mary goes on a journey to family friends in Scotland, where she is first to make the acquaintance of Percy Shelley, then a headstrong ...

  • Saudi director Haifaa Al-Mansour captures the pathos and pity of the Frankenstein story while eliciting an insouciant and poised performance from her star

5. Mary Shelley (2017) directed by Haifaa al-Mansour - Letterboxd

  • The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, ...

  • The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”

6. Mary Shelley (2017 film) | Frankenstein Wiki - Fandom

7. Mary Shelley (2017) - filmcentric - WordPress.com

  • Aug 29, 2019 · Sadly, the film doesn't really give enough of a lucid focus to Mary's story (played with spirit by Elle Fanning) and, despite the title, the ...

  • Another rather dour heritage film was made recently about the writer of Frankenstein by expatriate Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour, more famous (and justly so) for Wadjda (2012), so it fits into m…

8. Mini Movie Review: MARY SHELLEY (2017) - The Practical, Fanciful Pagan

  • Nov 5, 2023 · MARY SHELLEY (2017), starring Elle Fanning and lusciously handsome Douglas Booth (as Percy Bysshe Shelley), was historically interesting, ...

  • MARY SHELLEY (2017), starring Elle Fanning and lusciously handsome Douglas Booth (as Percy Bysshe Shelley), was historically interesting, albeit somewhat altered from actual events, and gently poig…

9. Mary Shelley movie review & film summary (2018) - Roger Ebert

  • May 25, 2018 · Early on in “Mary Shelley,” a muddled biopic about the early 19th-century British teen-ager who would conceive “Frankenstein,” her ...

  • Mary Shelley and her monster fable deserve better than a treatment that is basically DOA.     

10. 'Mary Shelley' Film Review: Beauty? Yes! Truth? Not so much… (& new ...

  • Jul 4, 2018 · In short, the film was visually stunning (apart from the conspicuous lack of European mountainous scenery – conspicuous because it had an ...

  • “Her greatest love inspired her darkest creation.” So reads the poster tagline of the 2018 film Mary Shelley, starring Elle Fanning. A creative re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s life…

11. Mary Shelley is a gothic romance that can't be raised from the dead

  • Sep 16, 2017 · It's a beautifully shot film exploring a truly fascinating story, but Mary Shelley never really becomes as moving or as captivating as it should be.

  • Elle Fanning plays the author of Frankenstein

12. Toronto Film Review: 'Mary Shelley' - Variety

  • Sep 9, 2017 · For her second feature, “Mary Shelley,” Al-Mansour makes an admirably bold left turn into British period biopic, tackling the early life of the ...

  • Haifaa Al-Mansour became the toast of the international film community in 2012 when her first feature, “Wadjda,” became not only the first feature film from a female Saudi director, but also the first feature to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, period. But what often went missing from the media coverage of the time was […]

13. Review and Summary: Mary Shelley (2017) - Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

  • Oct 3, 2024 · We first meet Mary in this movie before she is a Shelley. Originally, she is Mary Godwin, the daughter of the famous feminist Mary ...

  • Review of Mary Shelley , directed by Haifaa al-Mansour

14. Musings on Mary Shelley - Frock Flicks

  • This film was created by two women, screenwriter Emma Jensen and director Haifaa Al-Mansour, who have gotten a fairly good handle on the complicated material of ...

  • I’ve been worried about this movie since I saw the first preview pix. Would it be a serious enough look at all the writers of the period? Would it give the appropriate historical context? Wou…

15. BGN TIFF 2017 Review: 'Mary Shelley' - Black Girl Nerds

  • Sep 13, 2017 · Mary Shelley (formerly titled A Storm in the Stars) tells the story of the famed titular Frankenstein author and her early relationship with poet Percy Shelley.

  • Mary Shelley (formerly titled A Storm in the Stars) tells the story of the famed titular Frankenstein author and her early relationship with poet Percy...

16. Mary Shelley (2017) - Filmaffinity

  • Mary Shelley is a film directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour with Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Maisie Williams, Joanne Froggatt .... Year: 2017.

  • Genre: Drama | Synopsis: She will forever be remembered as the writer who gave the world Frankenstein. Raised by a renowned philosopher father (Stephen Dillane) in 18th-century London, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle ...

17. MARY SHELLEY (2017) - CULTURE CRYPT

  • Jun 4, 2018 · “Mary Shelley” recounts the time in the titular author's life between meeting her muse, poet Percy Shelley, and struggling for recognized ...

  • “Mary Shelley” means to cram a kitchen sink of costume drama clichés into an overlong mood exercise obsessed with thickly laid theatricality.

18. Mary Shelley (2017) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

  • The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern ...

  • The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”

19. TIFF 2017 Review: 'Mary Shelley' (2017)

  • Jul 13, 2018 · Film set in London's 1813 and follows the title character Mary Shelley (Elle Fanning) and her love affair with romantic but radical poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

  • Inspiration or being inspired is important if you want to create, paint, or write. Writing means books, even a diary or anything that you could pass on to the next generation. All that is good, but what is more interesting is the reason of that inspiration that causes for something…

The Film Mary Shelley (2017)
Top Articles
Latest Posts
Recommended Articles
Article information

Author: Rev. Leonie Wyman

Last Updated:

Views: 6328

Rating: 4.9 / 5 (59 voted)

Reviews: 90% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Rev. Leonie Wyman

Birthday: 1993-07-01

Address: Suite 763 6272 Lang Bypass, New Xochitlport, VT 72704-3308

Phone: +22014484519944

Job: Banking Officer

Hobby: Sailing, Gaming, Basketball, Calligraphy, Mycology, Astronomy, Juggling

Introduction: My name is Rev. Leonie Wyman, I am a colorful, tasty, splendid, fair, witty, gorgeous, splendid person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.