Many years ago I read Day on Fire by James Ramsey Ullman and became fascinated with Rimbaud. Four year of high school and college French enabled me to read his writings in French. This movie doesn't come close to expressing the passion that Rimbaud put into his poetry. And Dicaprio is no Rimbaud-- his so called acting doesn't do justice to the Rimbaud I studied intensely.
The actor who portrayed Verlaine is closer in temperament to the character-- but altogether this movie is a slanted look at the tempestuous affair between two noted poets. C-
The actor who portrayed Verlaine is closer in temperament to the character-- but altogether this movie is a slanted look at the tempestuous affair between two noted poets. C-