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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
This movie tells the story of Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, who finds romance and happiness with a younger man, but her life changes forever when she is diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1970s.
12 December 1944, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
22 February 1950, Smethwick, West Midlands, England, UK
23 September 1961, London, England, UK
26 October 1990, Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
12 July 1985, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
March 06, 2018
... for all its unlikely and fantastical nature, Film Stars is a lovely love story.
March 02, 2018
Ultimately, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool is an extremely rewarding romantic drama and should appeal even to those unfamiliar with Gloria Grahame
February 01, 2018
If the movie meanders, it's refreshing to see a May-September romance in which May is played by the man for once and where the sex is happy, frank, and frequent.
February 28, 2018
McGuigan's role is essentially to serve the script and the performers, and we can be grateful the project wasn't handed to a director more bent on imposing an authorial stamp.
March 06, 2018
I knew nothing of these individuals beforehand and so it serves as an eye-opener and a fitting tribute.
March 01, 2018
As Grahame, Annette Bening captures both the actress's vulnerability and her flintiness, holding her own against a case of talented British actors
February 08, 2018
Bening is outstanding as a woman who fears that her fame and beauty are slipping away, and Bell ("Billy Elliot") brings to his character a heartbreaking vulnerability.
March 02, 2018
Quite the odd couple, they nevertheless seem perfectly suited, and Bening and Bell play them with plenty of heart, horny humour and a powerfully realistic, anti-Hollywood pain.
January 25, 2018
The screen romance of Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool may seem as odd as the real-life pairing was, but it's a credit to all concerned that the validity of it is never in doubt.
February 02, 2018
Annette Bening is one of those rare actresses who makes a movie, however otherwise deficient, worth seeing.
February 16, 2018
Bening finds the shattered beauty in Grahame, the tragedy of an ex-star hanging on for dear life to her waning looks and fame that has long since passed her by.
February 01, 2018
Worth seeing for Bening's brave and touching performance as an actress past her prime.