LEE

Director: Ellen Kuras

117min., R

Cast: Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Samberg, Andrea Riseborough, Josh O’Connor

 

It is difficult to believe that it took eight years, with a good bit of the budget paid by Oscar-winner Kate Winslet, for Lee to arrive on the screen. Although Winslet was turned down by many studios and producers, we’re happy that she persevered! After all, what better time to celebrate this inspiring and courageous woman who transforms during World War II from a bohemian fashion model to a war correspondent and photographer. She overcomes her first line of resistance from magazine editors at home, in order to join her partner (Andy Samberg) in documenting the horrors of the battlefield, the moment of liberation in Paris, and the unimaginable human evil of Nazi concentration camps. Winslet is brilliant as the fiery, reckless, truth-seeking photographer, and the supporting cast is a director’s dream: Marion Cotillard Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Samberg, and The Crown’s Josh O’Connor.