Timothy Spall

What a pleasure it is, then, to report that Burton's version tends more to the abattoir than the amusement park...

The play widely regarded as the best piece of dramatic literature ever written...[in] the only unexpurgated big-screen version.

Revives an era in astonishing, delicate detail, then moves through the space with a documentarian's eye. Leigh takes Turner out of art history and puts him back in the world.