The Edge of Love

The Jacket director John Maybury adapts playwright Sharman MacDonald's account of the true-life relationships shared between Welsh poet Dylan Thomas; his wife, Caitlin; his lifelong friend Vera Phillips; and her husband, William Killick, in this biographical drama centering on the curious incident ...more

Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) is a mooching deadbeat, his wife Caitlin (Sienna Miller) is a coarse slut, his once and would-be future lover Vera Philips (Keira Knightley) is a sophisticated tease, and Vera's soldier boyfriend William (Cillian Murphy) is too naively lovestruck to realize he shouldn't have anything to do with any of them. No wonder The Edge of Love has a title that sounds more like a soap opera than an episode of Masterpiece Theatre. The movie's first image is a ...more