lecio-rabello Good acting, beautiful images, interesting story, flawless wardrobe. Shame the script doesn't always succeed in telling two stories at the same time. Truth is if this movie hadn't been directed by Madonna it would've been way better rated.

Rusty Fondleberg ya it sucks....... don't watch it.. I could talk about it. but I won't. it's late. and this movie was bad. Madonna is just annoying anyway. Like where did that accent come from? shes from Detroit. Do you hear her now? like all of a sudden shes English? what the hell is that about? ridiculous if you ask me. Like i know the category it was nominated for was pointless. but just the fact Modonna can claim she directed an Oscar nominated film is annoying. This story isn't even interesting. Do I have enough lines yet? i'm not sure. I gotta be close. I mean 1 on 10 is probably a little harsh.. I've seen worse movies. But still. just don't watch it. */10

John Oliver W. E. is a delightful movie that blends two love stories, a biography and history.There were many moments when the camera work is stunning.The actors deftly bring to life a gripping story line.The beautiful costumes and lovely sets give this show a rich texture.Madonna directed this and I look forward to more works of art she directs. Wikipedia informs me she also co-wrote this so I am even more amazed. I would highly recommend this for Date night whether married or single Romantics

emuir-1 I am not a filmmaker, nor would I try to make a film as I do not have the know how and talent, but I do feel that anyone who does make a film or puts on a play which they expect the public to pay good money to see should at least be able to hold one's attention and make it entertaining and understandable. Having said that I should add that the one form of narrative I dislike the most is the splitting of a story into then and now, and intercutting parallel stories where a modern couple play out the same actions as the couple in the past. It is a pretentious conceit and has to be done very, very well or it falls flat. 'Heat and Dust' was such a failure. I loved the 1920's romance, but for the life of me could not see why the modern woman had to have an affair with an Indian just because her aunt had done. The intrusion into the saga of the sorry Windsors by a modern woman with a bullying husband taking up with a Russian security guard was an annoying waste of time and quite frankly should have been cut out entirely, except as a brief prologue and epilogue. The character could have been shown at the beginning looking through the Windsor's effects, musing about them, the action would then have switched to the Windsors, until the abdication where the modern woman would have closed with an epilogue. The worst part was the imagined conversations between Wally and Wallis. I am not sure whether the film was supposed to be about Wally in Mahnhattan and her marital woes, or the Windors. I could not be bothered to time the scenes with a stop watch. Let us just say that it was neither one thing nor the other. I would recommend taking this film back and completely re-editing it with more Wallis and less Wally.