To Olivia

2021

Action / Biography / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 61% · 31 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68%
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 2206 2.2K

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Plot summary

In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.

Director

John Hay Photo
John Hay

Top cast

Hugh Bonneville Photo
Hugh Bonneville as Roald Dahl
Natasha Joseph Photo
Natasha Joseph as First Mourner
Keeley Hawes Photo
Keeley Hawes as Patricia Neal
Sam Heughan Photo
Sam Heughan as Paul Newman
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Peter McGinn 10 / 10

I have never followed the lives of celebrities

I have never followed the lives of celebrities a la People magazine or whatever, but still I was surprised to learn that children’s author Ronald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal were married. How did I not know that? This movie is apparently based on a book written by Ms. Neal. The book covers a well worn topic, a family dealing with a tragic loss that threatens to break the parents up over how they grieve differently. There is an added financial pressure applied here, as both of their careers are at a stagnant point. I thought the writing and the acting were excellent and made this the best movie so far here in 2021.
Reviewed by tm-sheehan 7 / 10

Interesting and well performed

My Review- To Olivia My Rating 7/10I've read various descriptions of this movie made in 2021 mostly describing it as depicting the tumultuous marriage between author Roald Dahl and Oscar winning Hollywood actress Patricia Neil.Both roles impressively played by Hugh Bonneville as Roald Dahl and Keeley Hawes as Patricia Neal, who also gives an impressive performance . However I thought in this case Keeley Hawes a little too British to play the Kentucky born famous American actress with a very distinctive voice.I disagree with the simplicity of labelling this emotional story just as a the story of a tumultuous marriage .It was a marriage that lasted 30 years in which the couple survived the tragedy of a brain damaged son then the loss of their eldest daughter Olivia at the age of seven from encephalitis caused by measles .Then later Patricia Neal suffered three burst cerebral aneurysms while pregnant in 1965 and was in a coma for 3 weeks.Roald Dahl who was fascinated by medicine assisted in his wife's recovery by pushing Patricia Neal back to normalcy with six hours of mental and physical exercise every day.The timeline that this movie portrays in their marriage takes place earlier in the 1960's at a tumultuous time in both their lives .Roald Dahl's writing success was minimal compared to his famous wife Patricia Neal who is offered the movie role that she eventually won her best actress Oscar for cast as Alma Brown opposite Paul Newman in the 1963 hit movie Hud.It explores the couples shared grief which eventually becomes a source of redemption and strength, ultimately leading Dahl to write the renowned classic "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Directed by John Hay who co wrote the script with David Logan To Olivia is based on a novel by film historian Stephen Michael Shearer titled An Unquiet Life.I enjoyed this movie as I think anyone interested in film history but I wonder if the novel is better than the movie.
Reviewed by lisajoann88 7 / 10

Would have made a better tv show episode

I was thoroughly enjoying this film and felt like it was getting to the midway point just to notice it only had 15 mins left to go!!!!

I honestly think they should have made a mini series about Roald Dahl and this been the first episode!

It Was a fantastic story but felt unfinished! The acting was superb and the casting was perfect, BUT It left me longing for more... there are so more stories left untold in regards to his life that I'd loved to have seen too!!

I highly recommend this if you don't expect to have a lot of his life covered only a year or so during a painful part of his career.

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