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Based on Peter Turner's memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award (R)-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.
19 April 1972, Westminster, London, England, UK
29 May 1958, Topeka, Kansas, USA
30 January 1937, Greenwich, London, England, UK
21 December 1992, Ashford, Kent, England, UK
April1952, England, UK
12 July 1985, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
1984, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
14 March 1986, Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England, UK
March 06, 2018
I knew nothing of these individuals beforehand and so it serves as an eye-opener and a fitting tribute.February 02, 2018
Annette Bening is one of those rare actresses who makes a movie, however otherwise deficient, worth seeing.February 01, 2018
Worth seeing for Bening's brave and touching performance as an actress past her prime.February 16, 2018
Bening finds the shattered beauty in Grahame, the tragedy of an ex-star hanging on for dear life to her waning looks and fame that has long since passed her by.February 01, 2018
If the movie meanders, it's refreshing to see a May-September romance in which May is played by the man for once and where the sex is happy, frank, and frequent.March 02, 2018
Ultimately, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool is an extremely rewarding romantic drama and should appeal even to those unfamiliar with Gloria GrahameMarch 01, 2018
As Grahame, Annette Bening captures both the actress's vulnerability and her flintiness, holding her own against a case of talented British actorsMarch 02, 2018
Quite the odd couple, they nevertheless seem perfectly suited, and Bening and Bell play them with plenty of heart, horny humour and a powerfully realistic, anti-Hollywood pain.March 06, 2018
... for all its unlikely and fantastical nature, Film Stars is a lovely love story.February 28, 2018
McGuigan's role is essentially to serve the script and the performers, and we can be grateful the project wasn't handed to a director more bent on imposing an authorial stamp.February 08, 2018
Bening is outstanding as a woman who fears that her fame and beauty are slipping away, and Bell ("Billy Elliot") brings to his character a heartbreaking vulnerability.January 25, 2018
The screen romance of Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool may seem as odd as the real-life pairing was, but it's a credit to all concerned that the validity of it is never in doubt.