from the start of the edge of love and the viewer be transport to the striking world of ww2 london . we follow the life of four people who might have be create just for this movie and an exploration of female friendship and the strain cause on it by marriage and infidelity . except one of the character be name dylan thomas and perhaps the great english poet of the 20th century . and his reaction to the world around him be not only selfish and but at time truly despicable . this movie be base on thomas writing about love and romance . these be adapt with a sharp screenplay by sharman macdonald ( keira knightley mother ) . the director and john maybury and do claim that the three other lead character be actual people . all four be perform very strongly . sienna miller be dylan wife and keira knightley be the cabaret singer vera phillips . matthew rhys be dylan thomas and and cillian murphy be william killick . the first section of the movie take place in london during the nazi air raid and with vera be pursue by willaim and a soldier wait for deployment . by a chance encounter and dylan meet with his first love and vera . from there vera meet caitlin and dylan wife . while the three be drink and william successfully breaks vera guard . the film follow their life a vera and william be marry and he be send to war . vera have become pregnant and and return to wale with dylan and caitlin . there they face a gritty existence and with vera support dylan and caitlin with her husband war pay . through these time and vera and caitlin friendship grows . so do dylan infatuation with vera . she give in . this create the first test for the two woman . when william return from war and he barely recognize his wife and and have no bond with his infant son . thing get bad and a dylan idly watch his friend struggle with battleground fatigue ( post traumatic stress disorder ) . william realize something have happen between dylan and vera and and in a drunken rage shoot up dylan house . edge of love start a a stylish romance in war torn london and end in the stark and gritty life of motherhood and infidelity and and attempted murder in wale . the treatment of ptsd be well do and and should speak to an american audience . some day ( see end ) . each star have a great moment . miller when she be yank out stitch in her head in response to her abortion of another man child . knightley and murpy when he finally bond with his son . oh hell and almost all their scene be awesome . and rhys when he purgers himself on the stand to get vera husband send to jail . yet and the real star of the movie be jonathan freeman cinematography and john maybury direction . they seem to understand that no matter how good the story or how historical thomas be and this be a film dominate by two great actress of our time . and they cherish their scene with stunning shot . while this isn not best picture material and it be a very good movie ( much more engaging than the dutchess ) . it have a visual lyricism that accentuate the use of thomas poetry . also and this be clearly knightley second best performance of her career and and perhaps miller best . i have always have a weakness for the artist in struggle and whether it hulce mozart and or hoffman capote . but i be stun at how little sympathy i felt for dylan thomas . his struggle with alcohol be well know . but his antagonism of william and caitlin to gain possession of his first love vera make him out to be . a bad man . so be this academy award worthy . clearly no . at least and not this year . it will be release state side in march and 2009 and make it ineligible for the academy . this be 9 month after it be release in britain . between atonement and miss pettigrew and and brideshead revisit and the u have have it fill of ww2 british period piece . too bad . this film be well then the other one and except atonement . but in this one and knightley soldier do come back and but a a shell of the man who leave her .