If you can understand why people in the 1930's or 1940's would be dancing or listening to music not produced until the 1970's and 80's then this is the film for you. I made no sense of any of the first 25mins, and turned it off after that. it was so painful i could not sit through much more than that and had to turn it off. It has no details about wallis simpson that i can't find on wikipedia.I just don't understand why Madonna even attempted this, She should stick to singing and leave the documentary stuff to the experts. bad enough she ruined evita for me.

ya it sucks....... don't watch it.. I could talk about it. but I won't. it's late. and this movie was bad. Madonna is just annoying anyway. Like where did that accent come from? shes from Detroit. Do you hear her now? like all of a sudden shes English? what the hell is that about? ridiculous if you ask me. Like i know the category it was nominated for was pointless. but just the fact Modonna can claim she directed an Oscar nominated film is annoying. This story isn't even interesting. Do I have enough lines yet? i'm not sure. I gotta be close. I mean 1 on 10 is probably a little harsh.. I've seen worse movies. But still. just don't watch it. */10

I LOVE period pieces and this one is part costume drama and part modern-day romance with some unhappiness and violence thrown in.Two women named "Wally" dominate this movie. Mrs. Simpson and a modern-day counterpart of the same name. The story of Edward and Mrs. Simpson is told from HER side. In parallel, a modern-day Wally is trying to reconcile her own "perfect" romance.Modern-day Wally admires the Wallis Simpson collection up for auction at Sotheby's and each piece returns us to the past to see the item in use. The clothing and set design and production are amazingly gorgeous.This film was photographed BEAUTIFULLY, wonderfully scripted and the cast provided award-nomination-worthy performances. The costumes for the period portion are a treat for those who appreciate such things. I loved this movie. The movie was a real work of art. Truly.

This movie had a fresh point of view. It was beautifully filmed. In some ways it reminded me of Tom Ford's "A Single Man". I enjoyed that it had the added twist of being juxtaposed against a modern day relationship that also had problems. I can take or leave Madonna, but I did not read any reviews of this film until after I had seen it. I sometimes get the impression that critics love to hate Madonna. Her song at the end is definitely worth sitting through the credits. I gave it less than a 9 or 10 because it was a little slow, although I'm not sure there was a way to cure that without making the story suffer in some other way.