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latimes.com 18 hours, 41 minutes agoThe biopic "Hemingway and Gellhorn," which sought to tell the story of the love affair between Ernest Hemingway and writer Martha Gellhorn, his third (but not final) wife, debuted on HBO on Monday night. Starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman, and directed by Philip Kaufman ("The Unbearable Lightness of Being"), it would seem to be an obvious home run. Or not. Television critic Robert Lloyd writes, "it is never quite believable , either as history or drama." Jerry Stahl, one of the co-writers of "Hemingway a
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TV Review: 'Hemingway & Gellhorn's' Third-rate Romance
latimes.com 2 days, 8 hours agoAlthough based on research, with dialogue that scavenges Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn's writings, this HBO biopic is never quite believable.HBO's two-for-one biopic "Hemingway & Gellhorn," which would more appropriately reverse the order of those names, dramatizes the stormy coming together and falling apart of the famous novelist and his third wife, war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. The film, which premieres Monday, is a big-name affair, with Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman in the leads and Philip Ka
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