This relationship is conveyed with great authenticity, with fine performances by both, especially Jones, who conveys a great deal of emotional nuance. Enter the charismatic Felicity Jones, someone whose earnestness no doubt earns Dickens's affections. His Charles Dickens is an intellectual, gentle, and passionate man, yet one with just enough detachment to those around him so as to fuel his creative eccentricity. With Invisible Woman, Fiennes creates a very believable Victorian-era world, one with bubbling progressive ideas yet still stifled by its more conservative, austere, ways. The story evolves slowly, yet organically, and treats the characters with such respect, it's a hard film not to admire.Īs with any period piece, its world building is a huge part of its success. It's methodically paced yet very well executed. Fiennes treats his subject with great respect and seriousness, making Invisible Woman a very weighty film. Starring and directed by the talented Ralph Fiennes, The Invisible Woman sheds light on a chapter of the life of Charles Dickens unfamiliar with many, that of his affair with the young Nelly Ternan.
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