Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D'Arcy, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, David Harbour, James Fox, Judy Parfitt |
| Director |
Madonna |
| Screenplay | Alek Keshishian, Madonna |
| Music | Abel Korzeniowski |
| Cinematography | Hagen Bogdanski |
| Editing | Danny Tull |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2011 |
| Produced by | Semtex Films |
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| Genre | Biography, drama |
| Language | Strong but occasional, aggressive |
| Nudity | Breastes, close-up, in non-sexual, violent context |
| Sex | Mildly suggestive and infrequent |
| Violence | Strong, fairly frequent domestic violence, graphic, realistic, bloody |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Frequent, glamourised use of tobacco, alcohol and benzedrine |
| Comments | This bio-drama is based on a true story, on the life of Wallis Simpson, who married the king of England, although a divorcee, forcing him to abdicate in order to do so. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz  Madonna se nuwe fliek sing van romanse. | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Madonna's look at 1930s royal drama has few selling points. | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert W.E. is an elegant, ambitious and relentlessly monotonous film. | 13 |  |
| Metacritic.com 32 critics | 7 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 97 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer | 2 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 39 critics | 7 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2699 Netizens W.E. surprises in all the best ways | 10 | |
Average .. 43% | 9 | |