Lee (15)

★★★ Despite some tired storytelling devices, Lee is a handsomely made, moving biopic of a subject who deserves to be honoured — with stellar chemistry and performances from Kate Winslet and Andy Samberg. ~ Empire.

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LEE tells the story of Lee Miller (played by Kate Winslet), American photographer.

Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price.

LEE is the directorial debut from acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kura and also stars Andy Samberg playing Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman; Alexander Skarsgård playing English Surrealist painter, photographer, poet and biographer Roland Penrose; Marion Cotillard playing Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s; Josh O’Connor playing Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough playing British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers.

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★★★★ Kate Winslet is vivid in this close-up of war photographer Lee Miller; the biopic is a powerful portrait of the woman who captured striking images of the second world war. ~ Financial Times.

★★★★ Winslet scores her best ever role in this biopic of a Vogue model-turned WW2 photographer. ~ BBC.