Sylvia (2003)

R10/17/2003Drama, Romance1h 49m
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Life was too small to contain her.

Overview

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gwyneth Paltrow

    Sylvia Plath

  2. Cast 1

    Daniel Craig

    Ted Hughes

  3. Cast 1

    Jared Harris

    Al Alvarez

  4. Cast 1

    Amira Casar

    Assia Wevill

  5. Cast 1

    Andrew Havill

    David Wevill

  6. Cast 1

    Sam Troughton

    Tom Hadley-Clarke

  7. Cast 1

    Lucy Davenport

    Doreen

  8. Cast 1

    Anthony Strachan

    Michael Boddy

  9. Cast 1

    Blythe Danner

    Aurelia Plath

So I can readily imagine a bunch of BBC executives sitting in a bedsit in Camden passing the weed and the Jacob's Creek discussing how best to use a considerable amount of money creating a period drama that would appeal to virtually no-one... Success! What we have here is a superficial glance, almost, at the life and love of acclaimed poet Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow) and her husband Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig). Anyone with even the vaguest of interests in these two giants of English-language literature cannot help but be disappointed by this shallow depiction of what made this vibrant and des...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$7,000,000.00

Revenue $10,000,000.00

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