MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 185 this week

The Invisible Woman (2013)

R  |   |  Biography, Drama, History  |  21 February 2014 (UK)
6.1
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.1/10 from 6,139 users   Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 49 user | 146 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com

At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.

Director:

Writers:

, (book)
Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

Watch Now

From $2.99 on Amazon Video

Celebrate IMDb's 25th Anniversary with Photos We Love

IMDb turns 25 on October 17! To celebrate, we put together a gallery of some of our favorite movie, TV, and event photos from the last 25 years.

See the Photos We Love

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 47 titles
created 12 Apr 2012
 
a list of 40 titles
created 12 Jan 2014
 
a list of 38 titles
created 16 Mar 2014
 
a list of 26 images
created 19 Aug 2014
 
a list of 40 titles
created 7 months ago
 

Related Items

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: The Invisible Woman (2013)

The Invisible Woman (2013) on IMDb 6.1/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of The Invisible Woman.

User Polls

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Breathe In (2013)
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

Director: Drake Doremus
Stars: Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Mackenzie Davis
Hysteria (2011)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.

Director: Tanya Wexler
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Director: Mike Newell
Stars: Toby Irvine, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng
Belle (2013)
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

The mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.

Director: Amma Asante
Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson
In Secret (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X  

Set in the lower echelons of 1860s Paris, Therese Raquin, a sexually repressed beautiful young woman, is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille, by her domineering ... See full summary »

Director: Charlie Stratton
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Jessica Lange
Albatross (2011)
Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.

Director: Niall MacCormick
Stars: Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen
Madame Bovary (2014)
Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.6/10 X  

Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.

Director: Sophie Barthes
Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Miller, Paul Giamatti
Like Crazy (2011)
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

Director: Drake Doremus
Stars: Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
The Immigrant (2013)
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

1921. An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

Director: James Gray
Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner
Biography | Drama | History
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.

Director: James Kent
Stars: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

Two talented landscape artists become romantically entangled while building a garden in King Louis XIV's palace at Versailles.

Director: Alan Rickman
Stars: Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Nelly (as Ms. Felicity Jones)
...
Rev. William Benham (as Mr. John Kavanagh)
Tom Attwood ...
Mr. Lambourne (as Mr. Tom Atwood)
Susanna Hislop ...
Mary (as Ms. Susanna Hislop)
...
Mr. George Wharton Robinson (as Mr. Tom Burke)
Tommy Curson-Smith ...
Geoffrey (as Mr. Tommy Curson-Smith)
...
Governor (as Mr. David Collings)
Michael Marcus ...
Charley Dickens (as Mr. Michael Marcus)
...
Mrs. Frances Ternan (as Ms. Kirstin Scott Thomas)
...
Maria Ternan (as Ms. Perdita Weeks)
...
Charles Dickens (as Mr. Ralph Fiennes)
...
Mr. Mark Lemon (as Mr. Richard McCabe)
Gabriel Vick ...
Mr. Berger (as Mr. Gabriel Vick)
...
Mr. Augustus Egg (as Mr. Mark Dexter)
Joseph Paxton ...
Mr. Pigott (as Mr. Joseph Paxton)
Edit

Storyline

In the 1850s, Ellen Ternan is a minimally talented actress who catches the eye of the hailed British author, Charles Dickens. Bored with his intellectually unstimulating wife, Dickens takes the educated Ellen as his mistress with the cooperation of her mother. What follows is a stormy relationship with this literary giant who provides her with a life few women of her time can enjoy. Yet, Ellen is equally revolted by Charles' emotional cruelty and determination to keep her secret. In that conflict, Ellen must judge her own role in her life and decide if the price she pays is bearable. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis


Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual content | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

21 February 2014 (UK)  »

Also Known As:

La mujer invisible  »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$27,136 (USA) (3 January 2014)

Gross:

$1,233,347 (USA) (9 May 2014)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ralph Fiennes and Felicity Jones, who play lovers in this movie, also worked together in Cemetery Junction (2010), in which they played father and daughter. In a 2013 interview with Jones and Fiennes on NPR, Jones said that it was "weird" and "very Freudian" to go from playing one relationship to the other, but Fiennes disagreed, saying "It's just a job. Come on." See more »

Goofs

When collecting cash for the hospital, there is an 1895 Crown coin on the plate. Charles Dickens died in 1870. See more »

Quotes

Charles Dickens: A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is a profound secret and mystery to every other.
Nelly: Until that secret is given to another to look after. And then perhaps two human creatures may know each other.
See more »

Connections

Referenced in Film '72: Episode dated 5 February 2014 (2014) See more »

Soundtracks

Greenland Whale Fisheries
Performed by Richard Standing
[end credits]
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
A 19th Century Affair
29 December 2013 | by (New York, NY) – See all my reviews

A jewel: the 19th century and Charles Dickens come alive in this jewel directed and starring Ralph Fiennes. The heavily garbed women, great sweeps of countryside, and living in little houses "in town," and even the poor and "fallen women" on the streets of London come to life. Charles Dickens too: a entertaining man in real life, not just in his fiction and plays. An interesting plot with sympathetic treatment: how could one have an affair in the 19th century, examined from every perspective: from the great man, who also loves his public - Dickens is a superstar - his best friend, Wilkie Collins, the mystery writer, who doesn't believe in the institution of marriage, the woman Dickens loves, her mother, the great man's wife, the whispering public, a non-judgmental vicar. Dickens seems a man for our own time. No wonder Fiennes wanted to bring him to life. Felicity Jones co-stars, and she brings virginal purity, and passion and ferocity at times to the part. A good acting company as well. The kind of production one expects from the British.


17 of 22 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Racism PatriciaGonsalves
Repulsed dogpaww
Underimpressed with the love story... alvirostko
Kristin Scott Thomas -- IMDb Cast Mistake? JKMerengue
Perspectives sweethistory25
what was the Dickens quote at the beginning of the movie? guyheno-1
Discuss The Invisible Woman (2013) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?