Mary Shelley

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6.4/10

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Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.

Director
- Haifaa Al-Mansour
Writers
- Emma Jensen
- Haifaa Al-Mansour
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

18K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Haifaa Al-Mansour
Writers
- Emma Jensen
- Haifaa Al-Mansour
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
Haifaa Al-Mansour was the first female Saudi director to direct a Hollywood film.

Goofs
After Claire goes into Lord Byron's bedroom, there is a shot of the candle chandelier. The cord used to raise and lower the chandelier, as it is holding up the chandelier, would be taut with the weight, yet there is a slack arc in the cord.

Quotes
Harriet Shelley: Evidently you are a stranger to scandal, Miss Godwin. Did you know I ran away with Percy when I was a girl? Idealism and love give us courage. But they do not prepare you for the sacrifice required to love a man like Percy.

Crazy credits
Even though the movie is clearly based on real people, including of course Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Clairmont, and many others, the end titles include the ridiculous disclaimer that "The characters depicted in this motion picture are fictitious, and any similarity to the history of any person is entirely coincidental."

Connections
Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Tom Hiddleston/Maisie Williams/Rooney (2016)

Soundtracks
Over the Hills and Far Away
(uncredited)
Traditional English ballad
Sung as a lullaby by Elle Fanning

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Featured review

7/10

A Star is Born

A wonderfully adapted script & casted perfectly for Elle Fanning & Bel Powley. The movie does great justice & entertains you with a wonderful script with flowing poetry and proper English as spoken in the years past. The motivation, inspiration of ones passion, desires and disappointment's allowing Mary to pen her words to a great story are told and performed exquisitely by Elle Fanning who is truly becoming an incredible actress. So if you want a good movie for an adult date night, here you go. Enjoy!