Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Landing lightly on the loneliness of fame and the ravages of aging, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is a fond farewell to a distinctive talent. Yet I couldn’t help wishing it had spent less time anticipating Grahame’s death and a little more illuminating her life.

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In the end, it’s a tragic romance where you see the ending coming a good ten minutes into the movie, but how can you not fall for a film that finds the joy in Bening and Bell disco dancing together?

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Once a Hollywood star, Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) is now doing theatre in the UK. When she collapses one night, she calls an old flame (Jamie Bell) and asks him to take her to his family home in Liverpool. As she gets sicker, he remembers the romance they had that changed both their lives.

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Actress emphasizes the agony and the ecstasy of Hollywood legend Gloria Grahame's final years in touching biopic.

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Annette Bening pays tribute to a forgotten icon in Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool.

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Over-production-designed as the film is, Bening and Bell manage to hold their own within it.

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Annette Bening is marvelous — full stop.

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Growing old can be a bitch for anyone. But just try doing it if you are a middle-aged blonde bombshell left adrift on the outskirts of showbiz, beset by waning health and fading fame.

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Annette Bening plays screen siren Gloria Grahame in her waning days when, terminally ill, she reconnects with a much younger former lover.

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The fine work of Bening and Jamie Bell only does so much for this sketchy look at film legend Gloria Grahame.

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The film’s derivatively stylish cinematography laboriously hints at un-broached turmoil and passion.

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