movie poster for THE EDGE OF LOVE

Flicks ID

15306

Cert

15

Running time

106 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE EDGE OF LOVE (2008)

JOHN MAYBURY

Plot

Not so much a film about Dylan Thomas and more about the two major female influences in his adult life; his wife Caitlan, his now married childhood sweet heart, Vera, and the unconventional almost beatnik ménage a trios that they created for themselves. Playing out during the height of WWII 'The Edge of Love' is a beautifully rendered film but there is little depth to the characters, in particular the two central protagonists, a fault as much of the actors as it is of the script. Ultimately this is a visually atmospheric, but wafer thin, look at what must have been a much more complex and intriguing period in the Welsh poet's life