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Wild Nights with Emily

  • 20182018
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 24m
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6.2/10
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Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
The poet Emily Dickinson's persona, long popularized since her death, has been that of a virginal retiring spinster - a delicate wallflower, too sensitive for this world. In this affecting comedy of manners, Molly Shannon captures the vivacious, irreverent side of Emily Dickinson that her literary executors chose to efface - most notably Emily's lifelong romantic relationship with her sister-in-law Susan.
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Dramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.Dramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.Dramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.
IMDb RATING
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1.3K
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  • Stars
    • Molly Shannon
    • Susan Ziegler
    • Amy Seimetz
    • Madeleine Olnek
    • Madeleine Olnek
  • Stars
    • Molly Shannon
    • Susan Ziegler
    • Amy Seimetz
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    • 15User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    Molly Shannon and Brett Gelman in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
    Molly Shannon in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
    Molly Shannon in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
    Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
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    Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
    Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
    Khaliel Abdelrahim, Darren Lee Campbell, and Jack Taylor Jr. in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
    Casper Andreas, Joel Michaely, Molly Shannon, Susan Ziegler, Brett Gelman, Amy Seimetz, Jackie Monahan, Dana Melanie, Anthony James Faure, and Sasha Frolova in Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
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    Cast and Crew attend the "Wild Nights With Emily" Premiere 2018 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Paramount Theatre on March 11, 2018 in Austin, Texas.

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    Molly Shannon
    Molly Shannon
    • Emily Dickinson
    Susan Ziegler
    Susan Ziegler
    • Susan Dickinson
    Amy Seimetz
    Amy Seimetz
    • Mabel Todd
    Brett Gelman
    Brett Gelman
    • Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
    Jackie Monahan
    Jackie Monahan
    • Lavina Dickinson
    Kevin Seal
    Kevin Seal
    • Austin Dickinson
    Dana Melanie
    Dana Melanie
    • Young Emily
    Sasha Frolova
    Sasha Frolova
    • Young Susan
    Lisa Haas
    Lisa Haas
    • Maggie
    Stella Chestnut
    • Mattie Dickinson
    Guinevere Turner
    Guinevere Turner
    • Elizabeth Holland
    Michael Churven
    • Josiah Holland
    Robert McCaskill
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Lauren Modiano
    • Adult Mattie Dickinson
    Al Sutton
    • Judge Lord
    John Peña Griswold
    • Young Austin
    • (as John Griswold)
    Allison Lane
    Allison Lane
    • The Widow Kate
    Margot Kistler
    Margot Kistler
    • Young Lavinia
      • Madeleine Olnek
      • Madeleine Olnek
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    • Trivia
      Originally performed as a play by the film's director, who extensively researched with support from Harvard University Press and the Guggenheim Foundation.
    • Goofs
      After Susan brings the newspaper to show Emily her published poem, she (sarcastically) wishes Emily a Happy Valentine's Day as she exits. In the next shot, a tree with full foliage can be seen out the window. There are definitely no leaves on the trees in Amherst, Massachusetts in mid-February.
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      Piano Sonata No. 30 in D Major, Hob. XVI:19
      Written by Joseph Haydn

      Performed by Vadim Chaimovich

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    4/10
    So much potential
    This movie, for all the potential of everyone on screen, fails. It fails on so many fronts: the makeup looks patchy in HD; the hair styles vary wildly between decades; acting choices, regardless of the tone of the story, are made of big swings and many big misses; green screen scenes are obvious and distracting; the sound editing is all over the place; set dressings are sloppy - Drapes are un-ironed, pictures frames are cheap, etc. Etc.

    Molly Shannon is the only thing that holding this film together. Every moment of her performance is authentic and sincere. If not for her, this low-budget film would be a total disaster. And perhaps that's what's really missing - money. It's not just that everything on screen reads as cheap, it's that the cheapness doesn't translate as indie, it reads as if the movie was barely scraping by.
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      • June 1, 2022 (Italy)
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      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Embrem Entertainment
      • P2 Films
      • Salem Street Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 24 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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