Ammonite (2020)

Mary Anning is a well-known fossil hunter living quietly along the coast with her mother, selling small finds to tourists. Charlotte Murchison, the young and sickly wife of a fossil enthusiast, is entrusted to the care of Anning while he travels. The cover art and most-used stills from the movie spoil what happens next.

Despite a truly steamy yet believable sex scene, this story is too quiet. It's also needlessly inaccurate for a film based on actual people. I don't mind that there's little evidence of a romantic relationship between the two women. I do, however, mind that Anning is played by Winslet who's about two decades older than Ronan as Murchison when, in reality, Murchison was senior by more than a decade. What was the point of that switcheroo?

C+