The biopic that Mike Leigh has longed to make may also be a masterpiece worthy of its subject. A moving, evocative portrait of the great British painter J. M. W. Turner, played with a remarkable level of depth and intelligence by Timothy Spall. The film focuses on the later years of his life, where his genius as an artist rubs up against his selfishness and irascibility as a man. A visually stunning, brilliantly imagined account of Turner's life and loves.