Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- intimate
- romantic
- quiet evening
- literary film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film well acted and initially intriguing, but judged its storytelling unsatisfying and uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Virginia and Vita are married to men while pursuing an affair within socially unconventional relationships.
The film frames Bloomsbury salons, aristocratic spaces, and the protagonists' inner lives with polished period-drama aesthetics.
The affair crosses boundaries of gender, marriage, class, and public respectability in 1920s Britain.
Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West's literary identities are inseparable from the affair's emotional and intellectual intensity.
Films like Vita & Virginia, and why
Carol
lgbtq period romance centered on writers, social constraints, and emotionally intense forbidden love
A Quiet Passion
literary biographical drama about same-sex desire, artistic identity, and repressed social worlds
Colette
stylized period romance exploring queer desire, marriage, and social convention among women
The Hours
biographical romance focused on a famous writer's intimate relationships and creative life
Movie Details
- Director
- Chanya Button
- Release Date
- 2019-05-02
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (223)
Cast
- Elizabeth Debicki
- Gemma Arterton
- Isabella Rossellini
- Rupert Penry-Jones
- Peter Ferdinando
- Emerald Fennell
- Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
- Sam Hardy
- Gethin Anthony
- Rory Fleck-Byrne
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Vita & Virginia about?
- A lush biographical romance follows Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West as artistic kinship develops into a socially transgressive affair.
- What is Vita & Virginia like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Vita & Virginia as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Vita & Virginia violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Vita & Virginia.
- What did critics think of Vita & Virginia?
- Critics broadly found the film well acted and initially intriguing, but judged its storytelling unsatisfying and uneven.
- Which films are like Vita & Virginia?
- Films with a similar feel include Carol, A Quiet Passion, Colette, and The Hours.
- How long is Vita & Virginia?
- Vita & Virginia runs 110 minutes.
- Where can I watch Vita & Virginia?
- In United States, Vita & Virginia streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
