Mackey’s portrayal finds real pathos in Emily as a sort of pioneer in the contradictions of Romanticism, which gave rise to and still inform our contemporary restlessness—isolated, sensitive, buffeted by stormy impulses.

... is a sexy movie. O’Connor finds immense pleasure in awkward touches, stolen glances and overdressed characters tearing away at all the layers they have on.

...Mackey more than delivers. She brings vulnerability as well as a mischief to the role. We get a sense for the writer's fallibility, but also the sharp and witty mind that lives within.

Frances O'Connor's Emily fills in the blanks on the reclusive Bronte's life.

Emma Mackey is commanding in a revisionist take on Emily Brontë.

...a biopic, of sorts, of Emily Brontë, in which the filmmaker plays fast and loose with the facts and invents whole-cloth a frankly preposterous sexual affair for the unmarried and intensely withdrawn author.

...mixes reality with myth.