Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- serious
- harrowing
- reflective
- historical film night
- documentary photography interest
What critics said
Critics broadly find the film well made and strongly acted, with Kate Winslet's performance and the importance of Lee Miller's story carrying a conventional biographical drama.
What sets it apart
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Lee Miller's wartime experience is presented through a framing interview that prompts reflection on her past.
Miller's work at the front and in liberated concentration camps centers the camera as evidence and testimony.
Miller must prove her competence against resistance to women's participation in combat journalism.
The production emphasizes Miller's photographic practice and received recognition for Pawel Edelman's cinematography.
Films like Lee, and why
A Private War
shared biographical drama form, wartime journalism, and a woman confronting institutional misogyny
The Zookeeper's Wife
shared historical war drama, female perspective, and trauma shaped by witnessing atrocity
The Lady in Number 6
shared biographical drama about a pioneering woman photographer navigating professional barriers and personal reckoning
Son of Saul
shared Holocaust-era historical drama centered on testimony, images, and the moral burden of bearing witness
Movie Details
- Director
- Ellen Kuras
- Release Date
- 2024-09-12
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (696)
Cast
- Kate Winslet
- Andy Samberg
- Alexander Skarsgård
- Marion Cotillard
- Andrea Riseborough
- Noémie Merlant
- Josh O'Connor
- James Murray
- Arinzé Kene
- Vincent Colombe
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Lee about?
- A determined Vogue photographer risks everything to document Nazi atrocities and force her way into the male-dominated ranks of wartime correspondents.
- What is Lee like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lee as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Lee violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Lee as graphic.
- What did critics think of Lee?
- Critics broadly find the film well made and strongly acted, with Kate Winslet's performance and the importance of Lee Miller's story carrying a conventional biographical drama.
- Which films are like Lee?
- Films with a similar feel include A Private War, The Zookeeper's Wife, The Lady in Number 6, and Son of Saul.
- How long is Lee?
- Lee runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch Lee?
- In United States, Lee streams on Hulu.
