Avaliações de usuários

You have got to admire Kate Winslet for her determination to make a film about Lee Miller, the pioneering photographer who was one of the first to see the nazi death camps and who fought for her right to record history as she saw it, and as a woman. Winslet campaigned for years and was consistently turned down but she did finally achieve her aim, and the resulting film is a pretty good, sometimes very good. Winslet as Lee Miller is excellent, and although initially the film meanders through millers career in the early stages of the war, later, as she gets more involved, it's a much better film, often impressive and insightful and even powerful. Miller is someone worth commemorating, and this is a fine tribute.

Kate Winslet turns in quite an effective performance here as the eponymous photographer who originally arrived in London to be with husband Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård) and to work for the formidable Audrey Withers (Andrea Riseborough) at "Vogue" magazine as a fashion photographer. With the rise of the Nazis seemingly unstoppable throughout continental Europe, Penrose spends more time on the war effort leaving her more and more determined to prove that she is every bit as capable as her male counterparts. Needless to say there's quite a bit of resistance to her participation in combat zones, but thanks to her own perseverance and an alliance with David Scherman (Andy Samberg) she is soon actively involved in wartime photography and by the end is visiting some of the most ghastly sites ever built seeing, at first hand, the truly stomach-churning atrocities left behind by a now defeated war machine that turned large-scale annihilation into an art form. Her story is being relayed from the comfort of her British home in the 1960s to a man whom we assume is just a journalist. Indeed his obvious nervousness and her antipathetic attitude towards him and his task seems to suggest she sees no value in her memories, but as we develop the threads of her life, we begin to sense that something more exists between her and this young man (Josh O'Connor) which quite neatly puts quite a lot of perspective on the choices made by a woman who probably did put career first. Through the characters of Solange (Marion Cotillard) and Nusch (Noémie Merlant) the film also attempts to put a little meat on the bones of the story of those who had to "co-operate" with their new overlords. Some willingly, some less-so and some, well they didn't live to tell. The production and battle scenarios aren't really so effective - maybe just bit too manicured, the script is a little dry and there's maybe just a bit too much of it, but Winslet shows here that she has plenty of capacity to take on a role that it would have been easy to shower with bravado, but instead she brings a more considered charisma to her portrayal of a woman whose bloody-minded courage provided for some of the most significant imagery of the Second World War. Imagery that even now makes your flesh crawl.

Giving this an 7.5/10 rating

A very and honest as you can get biopic drama of Lee Miller, famous photographer from the 1930's and through out the second world war, showed the world the horrors in the world during her time. Played by, Kate Winslet, this is very much her film, and rightly so. Again, more fine work from an actor who still can pull your attention and works hard at it. Alexander Skarsgård and Andy Samberg are the backup who just as superb in this really near top notch movie.

Ellen Kuras directs us through pretty much a hellish world with touches of light and happiness, which are few, and proper, given the subject matter, and it is eerily lovely looking and tough too. Writers Liz Hannah, Marion Hume and John Collee give us a solid script and story, given how nasty the world was in, as Andrea Riseborough and Marion Cotillard also, pull out the stops in the acting, and look real rough, only Josh O'Connor is the clean person here.

The film could of been a bit more edger and stronger, but then it would of been very graphic and a higher rating, alienating more of he audience, who need to see this film. A good bit of cinema, and with what is out there, it shines and is never, never boring.

I've seen a few review that seem quite dismissive about the scope and importance of Lee. But if you know about the limited freedom of women during this time period you will totally appreciate the audacity and productivity delivered here. Lee was spurned on by personal trauma to do good with her hard fought freedom to operate in a man's world.

Lee has all the period clothing and historical accuracy which is no small feat, while showing the sheer determination it took to achieve access to the final Nazi front of WW2. People back home in the US didn't believe exactly the horrors and certainly not the numbers of the Holocaust. It was the undeniable courageous journey by Lee which brought back the unmistakeable proof and witness of an evil place in history

Knowing that one can't unsee certain such things in person gives one empathy for the cost of doing photo journalism. Many get martyred while doing their work when jailed or taken hostage in authoritarian regimes. But in this case, to have survived seems as permanently affecting a way to finish such an important task.

The story of former model turned photographer Elizabeth Miller, Lee, who recounts her times as War correspondent for Vogue during the second world war.

The two key elements, Lee's story, and the performance from Kate Winslet. Two things that make this a pretty good movie. It's not one I'd want to watch again in a hurry, as it is a little slow moving in parts, but I'm glad I saw it.

It is a fascinating story, one that is definitely worth some further reading on, Lee was definitely a pioneering figure, going into a world where women were excluded.

It's very well made and nicely directed, the production team did a fine job, it looks very good.

Winslet absolutely nails it, but at times it feels like a one woman show, some of the supporting characters are a little thin and half baked. Andrea Riseborough and Josh O'Connor are both rather good.

It's definitely worth seeing, even if just for Winslet's fine performance.

7/10.

It's a partial biopic of photojournalist Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) set in 1977 with flashbacks to 1938-1945. The film frames its story as an interview of Miller by a young man (Josh O'Connor) in 1977. Sequential flashbacks to Miller's life begin in 1938 and then follow.

Miller is a former American model who has taken up photography as an artistic form and hangs out with an artsy crowd in France, where she has lived for a time. Among her friends are Jean (Patrick Mille) and Solange d'Ayen. She meets Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgard), a Quaker artist and poet in Great Britain. He is also part of her artistic community and they begin a relationship. Miller moves to London, where she secures a job with the British Vogue magazine edited by Audrey Withers (Andrea Riseborough).

After World War II begins, Miller finds her way to the front lines as a war photojournalist for Vogue. "Lee" depicts some of her dramatic experiences, which resulted in memorable photographs from battles, the capture of Berlin, and the death camps, often together with a Life magazine photographer, David Scherman (Andy Samberg). Miller's personality throughout is hard-driven and sometimes impulsive as she copes through chain-smoking and alcohol consumption. At the film's end, we learn more about her motivation.

"Lee" is too one-dimensional, though Kate Winslet's strong performance reflects a complex and troubled personality. There are too many characters with shallow development, leaving Winslet on her own. The lack of context also detracts, as her past is vaguely referenced (she was married to an unmentioned man throughout the war), and we learn nothing of her life after the war (she did marry Roland). Thus, "Lee's" limitations derive from how an array of screenwriters made the adaptations from the 1985 biography.

We were lucky to catch a preview of "Lee" tonight and what a film it is.

This biopic about Lee Miller is not only a powerful look at her incredible life but also a strong reminder of the horrors of war. As both a groundbreaking photographer and war correspondent, the film captures the devastating things she witnessed and the emotional toll they took on her.

The storytelling is gripping and moving, offering a deep look into resilience, art, and humanity in the face of such atrocities. I highly recommend checking it out when it comes out in Australia later this month - it's a film that will stay with you.

"Lee" accomplishes its vision: To tell the truth of Lee Miller, and thus tell the truth of the life, pain, joy, & death, embedded in her photographs. The way the audience gets to see everything through Kate Winslet's eyes as she uses every single eye movement, mouth/lip wrinkle, breath, more. Love that the film doesn't have to show the already-known shocking scenes, but WE CAN SEE THEM just by looking at them through Kate's gaze. This makes the film so powerful. Lee is not about the war. It's about a beautiful woman who is also intelligent, genuine, and daring (thus Kate is perfectly cast as Lee Miller). The IMMEASURABLE challenges she faced to seek the truth, then tell the truth by recording these images.

The well-known bathtub scene is magical. The careful anticipatory build-up to one of the most iconic images is worth the price alone. The film manages to include some conviviality, as if giving the audience a needed brief respite during this historical moment. Brilliant.

The effectiveness of 2 door slams. There is also some funny "drunk acting" that brings some levity to some of the most horrific circumstances from WWII.

I've seen this film 4 times at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival): 2 public screenings and 2 press & industry screenings, from 4 different spots in the theatre, on purpose. Discovered new important details & distinctions each time.

Greetings again from the darkness. Being courageous and heroic doesn't mean one must wear a cape and possess super powers. In fact, some of the most courageous folks use their words (spoken and written), their feet (for marching into battle), and as we learn here, even their eyes. Lee Miller is a famous photojournalist who used her words to get to the front lines of WWII, her feet to march with soldiers, and her eyes to decide where to focus her camera. The film is based on the biography, "The Lives of Lee Miller", by her son Antony Penrose. It's directed by renowned choreographer Ellen Kuras (her feature film directorial debut) and co-written by Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, and Lem Dobbs.

Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars as Lee Miller, and her fierce and committed performance validates what a passion project this was for her, and just how hard she worked to bring the project to fruition. Lee Miller was a well-known fashion model, and we see her hanging out with her band of artistic friends in pre-war France. It's here where she first meets Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgard), and their initial intellectual bantering leads right to the bedroom. This after we hear Ms. Miller proclaim that she had ever only been good at drinking, having sex, and taking pictures. She speaks this line in 1977 while being interviewed (by Josh O'Connor, CHALLENGERS, 2024) about her life. It's this interview that provides some structure to the film, while confirming that drinking and smoking were hobbies until the end.

It's really Lee's photographs that guide us through each phase. She and Roland relocate to London during the war, and soon enough she's taking pictures under the guidance of British Vogue editor Audrey Withers (Andrea Riseborough). Continually having to stand up for herself after being rebuked for being a woman doing a man's job, Lee partners with (and ultimately befriends) Life magazine photographer David E Scherman (a surprisingly effective Andy Samberg). Their work documenting history becomes historic in itself. After hearing about the "missing", they were the first journalists to document Dachau concentration camp and the tragic prisoner trains.

Although British Vogue refused to publish the photographs as being too "disturbing", the U. S. magazine did publish, creating awareness of the atrocities. The segment that leads to the infamous photo of Lee bathing in Hitler's tubs is handled expertly. If there is a flaw in the film, it's that we never really get to know Lee's friends, so as she re-connects with Solange (Oscar winner Marion Cotillard), their meeting doesn't hit as hard as it should. Still, the cinematography from Pawel Edelman and the accomplished performance by Kate Winslet, do justice to the stunning (actual) photographs shown. There is a dramatized twist near the film's end that pays homage to Lee and her story. An early comment about Hitler is all too relevant today, and the battle scenes and photographs reinforce what courage Lee Miller exhibited.

Opens in theaters on September 27, 2024.

If this performance doesn't land Kate Winslet her second Oscar, there is something very wrong with the film industry.

This film is moving, provocative and spellbinding, all on the back of the subliminal work of Winslet. The emotion evoked didn't stop after the final scene, I was still wiping tears from my face 5 mins after. The realness of the war and the reactions from people learning the full extent of the atrocities was something to behold. An incredible piece of filmmaking and acting by the entire cast. Andy Samberg in a much straighter role by his standards was understated but perfect, and although only in a couple of scenes, Marion Cotillard reminds us all why she is an Oscar winner.

There is something so genuine and heartbreaking about this piece that it stays with you long after it's over.

Have just got home from watching "LEE" at my local Picture House.

Blimey, that was DARK. Well, it isn't all dark, but by the time you get to the last half hour... oooft. Let's just say that "feelgood" isn't a term anyone's ever going to apply to this one.

It's not like I went in unprepared: I'd seen Kate Winslet doing the promotional chat show appearances, and as I am already a great admirer of Lee Miller's photojournalism, I knew the kind of subject matter we'd inevitably be exploring, but still... don't say you haven't been warned. This film presents you with you the hideous fact of Nazi genocide, very convincingly as the revelation it must have been in the moment, without (thankfully) a scrap of sentimentality.

Winslet is magnificent in the title role - as is everyone else, to be honest: there are no shoddy performances to be found - and, speaking as a Rolleiflex TLR user myself, it was clear that she had done her homework viz how to wield that lovely machine convincingly. There were moments when the nit-picky photography pedant in me did query whether some of the interior photos were being taken in such low light that it was unlikely to have left any usable impression on the relatively slow film stock available in the 1940s, but let's not quibble!

It's quite a long movie and events are presented in a simple, linear fashion (via a series of chronological flashbacks) with rather uniform pacing throughout - personally, I would have preferred a bit more variation in pace; your taste may differ.

My only really negative criticism has to do with one, frankly bizarre, piece of casting. The role of Englishman Roland Penrose is given to Swedish star Alexander Skarsgård - whose plucky attempt at an English accent is ...I think "variable" is the kindest word for it. It was hard to tell what part of England he was supposed to be from, or indeed what social class, and there were several moments when he didn't sound any kind of English at all. I had to suspend my disbelief on some pretty strong elastic whenever he opened his mouth. Ah well... go figure!

Took a chance on 2 movies i knew next to nothing about today. "Strange darling" was fantastic and original, and then i saw "Lee." Which has another strong lead performance, and is a good historical movie. But doesn't really bring anything new.

Its really Kate Winslets show here, and she's good. Particularly toward the end of the movie. The story is also good. Building up to the bigger point of the movie, after a first half that does have some filler in there.

There is just a few questionable attempts to spice it all up a bit, as its a straightforward story. The romance isn't the story here, so you might be waiting to get to the parts more focused on the main ww2 plot. Overall, its a good movie. It just doesn't really have anything in it that gives it a boost to greatness.

Apparently Kate Winslet was trying to get this story made for years. It's a shame that what she finally put on screen is so flat.

The best moments in the film are the scenes in liberated Paris and the final days of Nazi Germany. These sequences (including graphic content related to the holocaust) are handled delicately and have real impact.

But, without wanting to sound trite, it is easy for a film to have an impact when you are covering one of the greatest tragedies in human history. The skill is in maintaining an impact when the content is more conventional.

And this is where "Lee" fails.

Let's start with Kate Winslet. There is a leaden quality to her performance that brings the energy down in every scene. This may be appropriate in the theatre of war, but she lacks charisma in her normal life too.

Far too old and serious to convince as a seductive ingenue in the early scenes (despite taking her top off), and burdened by an awkward performance from Alexander Skarsgaard as Roland Penrose, her background story is hard to believe in. Which is remarkable when you consider that by the time she met Penrose, she had been a successful fashion model, photographer and muse to some of the great artists of the 20th century. You'd assume she had something special about her, but whatever it was, Winslet doesn't capture it.

The scenes at Vogue magazine are truly cringeworthy, with Samuel Barnett doing a horrible parody of Cecil Beaton, while Andrea Riseborough plays editor Audrey Withers like a school matron who is well past her best years (she was in her mid-30s at the outbreak of war).

Winslet's lack of charm is evident in the early war scenes, where she is fighting to get access to the front line. I find it hard to believe that a former fashion model who was still in her 30s would choose extreme seriousness as a way of getting what she wanted.

Apparently Andy Samberg has got some praise for his "straight" role. But the bar is not set very high and the performance is no more than average.

Josh O'Connor - who is having a moment right now thanks to "Challengers" - also struggles to find any character in his role as an "interviewer" at the end of Lee Miller's life.

The supporting cast in general is stronger than the leads - Marion Cotillard, Noemie Merlant and James Murray all stand out in small roles.

I suspect the fundamental problem here is that Winslet wanted to tell the authorised version of Miller's story. The one that casts her as a serious photojournalist, rather than a society girl and bon vivant. And in doing so, she has drained all the life from it.

PS I have never seen a film with so many production companies involved. The credits for executive producers are longer than those for the cast!

I was really excited to see Kate Winslet in this passion project and of course she always delivers with her superb acting, and the directing is definitely well done and it provides a unique perspective on World War II.

However the lack of focus on Lee Miller beginnings as a fashion model and her artistic entourage including Picasso and elites with a quick brief intro to a wasted Alexander Skars as a Brit whom has no chemistry or anything unique to add which is a shame. It almost seems like his part was edited out for good reasons as it was a poor choice and so many real good British actors that might capture their supposed chemistry.

Also the first half felt poorly paced and thankfully Adam Sandberg brings some depths to the Nazi scenes esp of holocaust even though the bathroom scene was over the top yet without understanding the fashion and elite artistic crowd Lee hung out with prior it sort of makes no sense and feels out of place. Lee was the IT model girl that was super cool and here she comes across as an elderly dull fashion photographer with not much spark or evolution from It girl to WW2 photographer with same type of spark.

The worst part of the film was the son/ mother interview scenes that has a terrible ending that tries to create some synergy between Lee and her past which easily could have been handled better as it felt rushed and out of place. I'll leave out the spoiler as it's just bizarre ending yet maybe that was the point leaving a few paragraph lines to explain the decision.

Regardless it is a truly magnificent film and always a pleasure to see Kate Winslet shine as an actress even if the script falls short that does not take away from the great directing. Go in with low expectations and you'll enjoy the film.

7 stars.

600 char. Required but I really only wanted to say that in my humble opinion Kate Winslet would deserve an Oscar nomination for this challenging role. Much more deserved than for example the two actresses from Wicked (Cynthia and Ariana). She is a fantastic actress. Because of her acting is this film even better.

600 char. Required but I really only wanted to say that in my humble opinion Kate Winslet would deserve an Oscar nomination for this challenging role. Much more deserved than for example the two actresses from Wicked (Cynthia and Ariana). She is a fantastic actress. Because of her acting is this film even better.

There are times when many of us feel compelled to pursue something for reasons that we don't fully understand but that we can't walk away from, either, no matter what the personal cost may be. So it was for former fashion model Elizabeth "Lee" Miller (Kate Winslet), who, after a successful career of sporting haute couture, became a battlefield photographer for the British edition of Vogue magazine during World War II. Admittedly, she could have enjoyed a life of luxury in her retirement, but she felt a strong need to fulfill a purpose, a decision that led her to willingly immerse herself in this dangerous venture, one in which her life was frequently on the line. However, in doing so, she captured some of the most iconic images of the war in Europe, the stories behind which are recounted and re-created in this engaging biopic from director Ellen Kuras. In chronicling Miller's life, the film details the hard choices she made, both personally and professionally, as well as her drive to document the hard truth about a conflict for which the world didn't always have ready access to news about, at least not in the on-demand way we do today. While the picture has a tendency to be somewhat episodic at times, it nevertheless presents a series of intriguing back stories behind a variety of incidents from the storied career of this unlikely but widely regarded journalist. This offering's fine period piece production design effectively captures the differences between the two diverse worlds in which the protagonist lived - the elegance of high fashion and the gritty wartime landscape - backed by Winslet's superb performance (a strong awards season contender, to be sure) and the fine supporting portrayals from an excellent ensemble cast, including Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Samuel Barnett and a surprisingly effective Andy Samberg. These attributes aside, though, it's somewhat mystifying how this release came and went from theaters as quickly as it did. "Lee" truly deserved wider attention than it received, but, thankfully, it's now available for streaming. It takes courage to stick to one's convictions in a time of combat, especially when the potential cost to oneself is as high as it was for Miller, but the world is better off for her valiant efforts in showing us what we might have missed but about which we all desperately needed to know.

In times when history is disputable, women's rights are going backwards and the world suffers a number of violent tyrants imposing their interests on others ... this movie becomes important. Need to first thank Lee Miller's family for unlocking the attic .. and much more they've done to share this with us all. Then Kate W .. arguably the very best actress in her generation, is at her best. We watch her life unfolding while her eyes show us the horror that flooded the world "slowly and then suddenly". All in the cast are exceptional. Was important and unsettling to follow war through women's eyes. Thank you.

Lee is a biographical drama chronically the life of war photographer Lee Miller.

Miller played by Kate Winslet is a bit of a maverick. In her earlier years she's a model but it isn't properly until WW2 begins that she finds her home behind the camera.

I felt this film was at its best when it was giving us a different perspective on WW2. Lee is of course herself a women and with so few women actually on the battlegrounds it is through her eyes that we see the strife that women were going through, often alone in the background while the men were fighting.

The film although it only touches on it briefly deals with the Holocaust in a thought provoking way. Seeing the piles of rotting corpses from all the lives that were needlessly lost at the hands of the Nazi's really puts things into perspective. Sometimes we don't appreciate all that we have in our lives, relative safety being the most important one.

With that being said Lee's story itself is visually quite bland. I have no doubt of her importance in the war effort however not everyone's story makes for good visual entertainment. We of course do get some WW2 imagery but it's little that we haven't seen before at this point (apart from the above paragraph). Lee herself also had a romantic partner and a work partner, neither of whom really bring much to the story.

Despite now being interested to know more about Lee Miller, I'm unlikely to watch this particular film again. For me it goes into the growing pile of unremarkable biopics.

"Lee" is an absolutely stunning film that showcases Kate Winslet at her finest. She delivers a mesmerizing performance as Lee Miller, a woman who defied expectations and became one of the most groundbreaking war photographers of the 20th century. Winslet fully embodies Miller's spirit-her fearlessness, intelligence, and relentless pursuit of truth in a world dominated by men. From the very first scene, she draws you into the complexity of her character, making you feel every triumph and every heartbreak along the way. The cinematography is breathtaking, capturing the raw intensity of wartime journalism while also paying homage to Miller's own artistic eye. The attention to detail in both the storytelling and visuals makes the film feel immersive and authentic. Director Ellen Kuras does an exceptional job balancing the horrors of war with the deeply personal journey of a woman determined to document history, even when it meant putting herself in unimaginable danger.

This was "based on a true story"...which means screenwriters had the ability to steer the "message." Having read about Lee Miller, I anticipated a more inspiring, heroic presentation of what she did to expose the horrors of the death camps. We don't even learn her photos were finally published (in the American Vogue) until the Afterward of the movie.

It seems the screenwriters wanted to focus on her anguish (apparently Lee suffered from PTSD post war.) Thus the material they gave the excellent Kate Winslet just came across to me as "mild", thus disappointing.

The movie conveys the feel of the era pretty well, so that is not a problem.

Looking at this movie I can see parallels with the era we're living in. The movie shows us the cruelty of mankind. We're heading towards a new era where Musk (not Trump) and others see themselves 'save' the world and clean up the 'mess' . It's at our doorstep. If only more people would watch movies like this one and reflect about life, a new disaster could be avoided. Of course this is wishful thinking. But this movie is so powerful. We need more of this.

The life of Lee was so meaningful that I have nothing but respect. Kate's performance in this movie is just incredible. We, men, should show more respect and love to women.

You need more than appreciation for a subject to make a compelling film. A good script is also necessary. Unfortunately, it seems that the folks involved here have a lot of admiration for Lee Miller but no real reason to make a movie about her. The dialogue was cliche-ridden. So many period tropes were trotted out with no originality. I love Kate Winslet's work, always have and I'm not one to need everybody to look Hollywood perfect, but she was playing someone who seemed to have just left the modeling industry? She was in full Mare of Eastown mode and do you think Mare was on the runway like a year or two earlier than the events of that miniseries. What was anyone thinking? I feel bad saying that, but you're playing a real person. She seemed far too old.

The story of Lee Miller may not be well known but I was not impressed by the way it was pictured in the movie. In the beginning there is a conversation with an interviewer, they decide that Lee will ask him a question for each question he asks her. I walked out after an hour or so (just before the concentration camps were being mentioned ) and she had not asked a single question yet.

The film is slow paced, we see how hard it was for a woman to function as a professional photographer in a war, and in the all male warworld of 194x. But we knew that already.

Somehow the story falls flat, it's like hearing someone tell a potentially interesting story in a boring way.

I think Lee had deserved a better film. The book probably is better.

Before WWII, American former model Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) is in Europe doing fashion photography. She gets involved with artist Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård). During the war, she's hired by British Vogue in London. She and Life magazine photojournalist Davy Scherman (Andy Samberg) go to the front line. They would photograph some devastating concentration camp scenes.

This is a biopic. I really like the final reveal. I find it very touching, but it is all the way to the end. For most of this movie, it struggles to find the drama. She had an interesting life, but it's not that kind of drama. The movie relies on Winslet's acting power to keep it going. Quite frankly, all the drama is back-loaded and it's not that dramatic. This movie requires a bit of patience.