Effie Gray

"This admirable, watercolor-delicate tale of individual feminist emancipation never quite blooms into living color, hampered by spotty casting and Richard Laxton's overly deliberate direction."

"The result is dark and offbeat, but as a murky anti-romance, Gray is undeniably effective."

"It's a lamentable if not especially engrossing story, part wronged-woman narrative, part marital horror movie."

"It may be billed as a "love triangle", but there's precious little love on display, even in our heroine's growing affection for pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais."

"The best thing about the ultimately involving way this romantic drama ends up on screen is that it's sure to arouse enough interest to make those who don't already know the outcome more than eager to look it up."

"Handsome, well-mounted but dull, dull, dull."