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The life and loves of artist and critic John Ruskin. | add synopsis
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Not a great movie with a great plot that should've been in theatres...
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(Credited cast) | Neve Campbell | ... | Ephemera / Effie |
 | Mark McKinney | ... | John Ruskin |
 | Colette Stevenson | ... | Voice / Ephemera |
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Ruskin (Canada: English title)
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Whoever posted that first comment mustn't have actually seen this film. It wasn't shown on television after it was made...it took a good 9-10 years for it to get on TV (and only as part of Canada's TMN "short film" series). I was the one who added this title to IMDb, way waaaaay back in the day, after I noticed the press materials for "The Craft" mentioned Neve did a movie with Alex Chapple which was titled (at that point) simply "Ruskin." (The same press materials also indicated that Cameron Diaz was playing Casey Becker in the first "Scream" film before Drew Barrymore dropped out of the lead and took that role). And for it to be "a great movie with a great plot" it would've had to be more than 14 minutes long. I don't understand the need to post fake reviews of movies you haven't seen on this site, but whatevs.
Back to the film. Was it good? It was interesting. Neve Campbell doesn't speak. Her voice is dubbed for whatever reason by what sounds like a much older woman. It opens with Ruskin (McKinney) criticizing art for a bunch of students, and then meeting his wife (Campbell). He wants to paint/draw a portrait of her. She poses. He's horrified that she has pubic hair, for some reason. He believes real women should be smooth and flawless like sculptures. He sends her to the doctor. She writes him a letter saying there's nothing wrong with her private parts (this is read in voice-over by the other actress) and that she wants her marriage annulled since it was never consummated and she's still a virgin. She gets it on with a young painter. End film.
I liked seeing Mark McKinney playing a dramatic role. Campbell was serviceable. She seems, throughout her career, to believe that turning one's head to the side indicates deep thought, which sort of works here. Anyway...6/10.