Dickinson
2019
Original language: English
- comedy
- drama
The story
Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world's greatest poet.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated period costume against pastel bedrooms and sunlit New England gardens, with a candy-coloured palette that turns grim rooms into something theatrical. Frequent direct address to the camera and quick cuts give it a restless, mischievous energy, and the soundtrack drops in modern pop and hip-hop over 1850s parlours, so the mood keeps shifting between giddy and sharp. The vibe is playful and defiantly modern, with flashes of dread and quiet melancholy underneath, best suited to a binge on a weekend afternoon or a lively comfort rewatch. Its pacing is brisk and jokey, its emotional register oscillating between comic irreverence and heartbreak, and its central figure moves from restless defiance toward a more vulnerable self-acceptance, with a steady undercurrent of desire, ambition and loneliness. Intensity is moderate: some bawdy jokes, kissing and sexual innuendo, occasional frightening or sombre scenes and deaths, but no sustained gore. It suits viewers who want witty, anachronistic period drama with heart, and who enjoy a loud, irreverent take on a literary icon.
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