Her greatest love inspired her darkest creation
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Mary Shelley (2017) is a romance and drama film directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, released on August 6, 2017 with a runtime of 2h. It stars Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley and Stephen Dillane. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 1,082 ratings.
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Elle Fanning
as Mary Shelley
Douglas Booth
as Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bel Powley
as Claire Clairmont
Stephen Dillane
as William Godwin
Joanne Froggatt
as Mary Jane Clairmont
Tom Sturridge
as Lord Byron
Ben Hardy
as Dr. John Polidori
Maisie Williams
as Isabel Baxter
Hugh O'Conor
as Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ciara Charteris
as Harriet Shelley
Jack Hickey
as Thomas Hogg
Laurence Foster
as Bookseller
Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, written by Emma Jensen and Haifaa al-Mansour, produced by Amy Baer, Alan Moloney and Ruth Coady.
Average viewer score of 7.0/10 from 1,082 ratings.
**_I really wanted to hate it!_** > _When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vividness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie. I saw - with shut eyes, but acute mental vision, - I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put…
Reviewed on April 26, 2019
Let Mary Shelley fuck on her mum's grave!! Commits the cardinal sin of the entertainment industry: being boring. Moreover, I absolutely did not believe that the relationship between Wollstonecraft Godwin and Shelley was anything of the importance that it appeared to be in real life. I also was kind of hoping for the tale Frankenstein to have more of an inception than "I saw a frog once then years later got drunk…
Reviewed on August 12, 2020
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Mary Shelley (2017) is available to stream on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, AcornTV Amazon Channel and Acorn TV Apple TV channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies and YouTube. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Mary Shelley (2017) includes Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Stephen Dillane and Joanne Froggatt. The film was directed by Haifaa al-Mansour. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Mary Shelley was released on August 6, 2017 and runs for 2h.
Mary Shelley (2017) holds an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from 1,082 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy romance and drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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