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Show all (5)Two love stories, one historic and one contemporary, are interwoven. The famous romance between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson is juxtaposed with the affair of a Russian security guard with a New York trophy wife Wally Winsthrop. Wally is obsessed with the story of Edward and the woman he loved, and embarks on her own research of their life together, even attending the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate. She comes to see that their relationship, although glamorous, was not the perfect one that she had imagined it to be.
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There’s half a pretty good movie in “W.E.,’’ and it’s the more conventional half by far. Since both halves were directed by Madonna, this comes as a shock. As much as our Madge may strain to remind us she’s relevant to the 21st century - and if that halftime show was a miracle of heavy lifting, it was also more absurdly entertaining than the Super Bowl has been in years - as a moviemaker she’s better when she’s not trying too hard. “W.E.,’’ her second effort after 2008’s “Filth and Wisdom,’’ tries awfully hard. In the end it tries our patience. (Full review)