Lee review: "Kate Winslet is wonderful but this wartime biopic needs less pathos and more punch"
Kate Winslet is wonderful in Lee, but this wartime biopic needs less pathos and more punch.
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GamesRadar+ VerdictWinslet’s wonderful in this wartime biopic, but it needs less pathos and more punch.Why you can trust GamesRadar+Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about our reviews policy.“I’d rather take a picture than be one,” barks US model-turned-photojournalist Lee Miller (a deliciously brusque Kate Winslet), reluctantly revealing the extraordinary stories behind her famous World War 2 photos.Exploring how a one-time surrealist art muse fought to report atrocities, this handsome but rather conventional biopic showcases a tip-top Winslet performance, but at times meanders like a weighty Wikipedia entry.Veteran cinematographer Ellen Kuras’ first feature-directing gig (following episodes of Ozark and The Umbrella Academy) drifts lyrically through Miller’s bohemian poets-and-Pernod pre-war French era (“I was good at sex, drinking, and taking pictures”) and a photogenic if …