Synopsis
Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
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Cast
- Molly ShannonEmily Dickinson
- Susan ZieglerSusan Dickinson
- Amy SeimetzMabel Todd
- Brett GelmanCol Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Jackie MonahanLavina Dickinson
- Kevin SealAustin Dickinson
- Dana MelanieYoung Emily
- Sasha FrolovaYoung Susan
- Lisa HaasMaggie
- Stella ChestnutMattie Dickinson
Recommendations
- 91
IndieWire
Molly Shannon is brilliant and warm as the literary icon. - 90
Variety
If the film has a flaw, its that it’s so preoccupied with balancing its furious feminism with gags about Victorian life that there’s little running time to lavish on Dickinson’s actual poetry. - 88
RogerEbert.com
This is a great example of Olnek's style. It's respectful, but it's also alive. It's serious, but it's also tongue-in-cheek. Olnek's approach gives Emily room to breathe. At last. - 83
The Playlist
Wild Nights with Emily feels at once revelatory and a total delight, a surprise for both for literature geeks and those who didn’t do their required reading in school. - 80
The New York Times
This is an irreverent film, but its lightness is meaningful. With each silly flourish, Olnek offers joy and companionship to a figure whose history was more conveniently presented to generations of readers as solitary. - 75
Slant Magazine
The film’s playful tone is a corrective to a century of scholarship that insisted on projecting the image of a moody spinster onto Emily Dickinson. - 75
Boston Globe
Beneath the japery and rough-edged filmmaking is an abiding love for the work — its passion and resilience — and respect for the women whose hidden lifelong language that work may have been. - 75
The Seattle Times
It’s a quick, funny movie.
