--- product_id: 14456976 title: "Mr. Turner" price: "₹ 2935" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/14456976-mr-turner store_origin: IN region: India --- # Mr. Turner **Price:** ₹ 2935 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mr. Turner - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 2935 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/14456976-mr-turner) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Spanning the last 25 years in the life of Britain?s most revered painter, MR. TURNER is a rich portrait of a complex, contradictory man. Review: "A spot of whiskey might do me well, but a spot of high seas, would do me even better..." - The is a parable surrounding the life of English artist, Joseph Mallord William Turner, known mostly as William Turner. It is a moral fable about a deeply-flawed and supremely-brilliant man and artist, in that order. It tells us of life in late-18th to mid-19th Century England, where class and status were more important than life and death itself. William Turner was not of the upper crust, but was very crusty, indeed. A man who refused any conformity in art, as much as he rejected any station in life, not of his own choosing and making. He was at once revolutionary and profoundly inhibited, sexually, psychologically and physically. At once conceited, and greatly altruistic, he was enigmatic as his paintings, rich with colour and meaning, and yet a maelstrom of feelings, that even he could not comprehend. Scorned by some (mostly at the top echelons of society) and beloved by others (mostly middle-class patrons), he was in equal measure, derisive of false airs, rival artists and businessmen out to market his paintings. He was a sadomasochist, before the term even existed. And he was the greatest English painter of modern times, foretelling the arrival of European impressionism, abandoning in its wake Renaissance realism, which he considered devoid of meaning and lacking any natural elements, a key component of his art: The rough waves of the sea; the hot sun bearing down on a field of grain; the tempest between ship and captain. All elements of no interest whatsoever to the wealthy, who essentially wanted paintings of themselves, while Turner made paintings of the world as he saw and experienced it, and not as he might have wished it to be otherwise. In this, his artistic honesty was unassailable, as much as his marital fidelity was based on the simple principle: "If you can get away with it, why not" ? This led to one and one half wives, several children out of wedlock, and the ill-treatment of his first wife, who waited on him hand and foot, and the slightly better treatment of his lover, who waited on him hand and foot, but was the wiser of the two women. While his final ability to express normal emotion to his lover may be applauded, his callous and abhorrent treatment of his spouse was immoral and deplorable. Again, we have the man as artist and we have the artist as man, neither exclusive of the other. Mike Leigh has surpassed all his other films by a long mile. Each frame, itself, a Turner pastel in rich colours and English inflectional nuance, the musical score kept to a minimum, in order that each character and painting provide the necessary sound. The cinematography, editing and costume design flawless; so much so, you start yourself to speak in middle-English to your spouse. The acting all superb and perfect, but a special note about Timothy Spall. There is NO bad Timothy Spall performance, ever. I cannot even begin to describe the layers of nuance, emotion, sensitivity, pain, subsumed anger, sexual inhibition and sexual depravity, that is displayed by Mr Spall. Either he really IS William Turner or perhaps William Turner was Timothy Spall, in another life. There are outstanding performances and there are performances that will last for generations to come. Mr Spall's performance was, without question, the latter. It is simply one of the finest displays of acting in the last half-century. It is THAT good that Mr Spall deserves NO Academy Award just to entirely validate the Hollywood maxim that no brilliant performance goes rewarded. Imagine Sir Lawrence Olivier as artist, and you get a sense of what I mean. Other than Sir Michael Caine, I doubt any Englishman, removed to Hollywood, would have the slightest clue what Mr Spall has accomplished. This is a long movie, at 2.5 hours, and it is a slow movie, just as Turner was a slow artist, Mike Leigh (like Turner) daring you to sit enthralled and patient, silent with no complaint, as you watch an actor in his prime work cinematic and artistic magic before our eyes, and perhaps before the very rough seas, that informed his work. If you miss this film, you will be at a very great loss. Review: A Truly Beautiful Film About An Amazing Artist - Someone criticized this film for its "lack of conflict." Not enough action, some others said. Boring! This movie is none of these. The conflict is subtle and not marked by histrionics or dire acts. There is plenty of action, just not of the physical sort that we see too often. Mr. Turner is a superb film for anyone who is interested in art and a marvelous revelation to anyone who, like me, has revered Turner's works for years. The fact that Turner was often boorish and crass in his dealings with others simply points out that his art was his life and anything else was simply a distraction. Like Beethoven, his contemporary, Turner was a genius and a monomaniac whose pursuit of his art ruled his life. In a very meaningful moment in the movie, Turner hears a Beethoven sonata played on the piano and recognizes the music as coming from a romantic much as himself. Indeed, Turner and Beethoven introduced the world to Romanticism through their departing from the establishment and going their own ways. This film is well-acted and a masterpiece of cinematography. So beautiful in fact, that I already want to watch it again and it was just yesterday that I saw it for the first time. As someone else remarked the acting of Dorothy Atkinson as Hannah, Turner's housekeeper is amazing. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Amy Dawson, Dorothy Atkinson, Fred Pearson, Georgina Lowe, Jamie King, Karl Johnson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage, Mike Leigh, Niall Buggy, Paul Jesson, Richard Bremmer, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ruth Sheen, Timothy Spall, Tom Edden Contributor Amy Dawson, Dorothy Atkinson, Fred Pearson, Georgina Lowe, Jamie King, Karl Johnson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage, Mike Leigh, Niall Buggy, Paul Jesson, Richard Bremmer, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ruth Sheen, Timothy Spall, Tom Edden See more | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 2,264 Reviews | | Format | DVD | | Genre | Biography, Drama | | Initial release date | 2014-12-19 | | Language | English | ## Images ![Mr. Turner - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91-9HLibbhL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A spot of whiskey might do me well, but a spot of high seas, would do me even better..." *by P***N on April 23, 2015* The is a parable surrounding the life of English artist, Joseph Mallord William Turner, known mostly as William Turner. It is a moral fable about a deeply-flawed and supremely-brilliant man and artist, in that order. It tells us of life in late-18th to mid-19th Century England, where class and status were more important than life and death itself. William Turner was not of the upper crust, but was very crusty, indeed. A man who refused any conformity in art, as much as he rejected any station in life, not of his own choosing and making. He was at once revolutionary and profoundly inhibited, sexually, psychologically and physically. At once conceited, and greatly altruistic, he was enigmatic as his paintings, rich with colour and meaning, and yet a maelstrom of feelings, that even he could not comprehend. Scorned by some (mostly at the top echelons of society) and beloved by others (mostly middle-class patrons), he was in equal measure, derisive of false airs, rival artists and businessmen out to market his paintings. He was a sadomasochist, before the term even existed. And he was the greatest English painter of modern times, foretelling the arrival of European impressionism, abandoning in its wake Renaissance realism, which he considered devoid of meaning and lacking any natural elements, a key component of his art: The rough waves of the sea; the hot sun bearing down on a field of grain; the tempest between ship and captain. All elements of no interest whatsoever to the wealthy, who essentially wanted paintings of themselves, while Turner made paintings of the world as he saw and experienced it, and not as he might have wished it to be otherwise. In this, his artistic honesty was unassailable, as much as his marital fidelity was based on the simple principle: "If you can get away with it, why not" ? This led to one and one half wives, several children out of wedlock, and the ill-treatment of his first wife, who waited on him hand and foot, and the slightly better treatment of his lover, who waited on him hand and foot, but was the wiser of the two women. While his final ability to express normal emotion to his lover may be applauded, his callous and abhorrent treatment of his spouse was immoral and deplorable. Again, we have the man as artist and we have the artist as man, neither exclusive of the other. Mike Leigh has surpassed all his other films by a long mile. Each frame, itself, a Turner pastel in rich colours and English inflectional nuance, the musical score kept to a minimum, in order that each character and painting provide the necessary sound. The cinematography, editing and costume design flawless; so much so, you start yourself to speak in middle-English to your spouse. The acting all superb and perfect, but a special note about Timothy Spall. There is NO bad Timothy Spall performance, ever. I cannot even begin to describe the layers of nuance, emotion, sensitivity, pain, subsumed anger, sexual inhibition and sexual depravity, that is displayed by Mr Spall. Either he really IS William Turner or perhaps William Turner was Timothy Spall, in another life. There are outstanding performances and there are performances that will last for generations to come. Mr Spall's performance was, without question, the latter. It is simply one of the finest displays of acting in the last half-century. It is THAT good that Mr Spall deserves NO Academy Award just to entirely validate the Hollywood maxim that no brilliant performance goes rewarded. Imagine Sir Lawrence Olivier as artist, and you get a sense of what I mean. Other than Sir Michael Caine, I doubt any Englishman, removed to Hollywood, would have the slightest clue what Mr Spall has accomplished. This is a long movie, at 2.5 hours, and it is a slow movie, just as Turner was a slow artist, Mike Leigh (like Turner) daring you to sit enthralled and patient, silent with no complaint, as you watch an actor in his prime work cinematic and artistic magic before our eyes, and perhaps before the very rough seas, that informed his work. If you miss this film, you will be at a very great loss. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Truly Beautiful Film About An Amazing Artist *by R***S on May 9, 2015* Someone criticized this film for its "lack of conflict." Not enough action, some others said. Boring! This movie is none of these. The conflict is subtle and not marked by histrionics or dire acts. There is plenty of action, just not of the physical sort that we see too often. Mr. Turner is a superb film for anyone who is interested in art and a marvelous revelation to anyone who, like me, has revered Turner's works for years. The fact that Turner was often boorish and crass in his dealings with others simply points out that his art was his life and anything else was simply a distraction. Like Beethoven, his contemporary, Turner was a genius and a monomaniac whose pursuit of his art ruled his life. In a very meaningful moment in the movie, Turner hears a Beethoven sonata played on the piano and recognizes the music as coming from a romantic much as himself. Indeed, Turner and Beethoven introduced the world to Romanticism through their departing from the establishment and going their own ways. This film is well-acted and a masterpiece of cinematography. So beautiful in fact, that I already want to watch it again and it was just yesterday that I saw it for the first time. As someone else remarked the acting of Dorothy Atkinson as Hannah, Turner's housekeeper is amazing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ In Many Ways a Marvelous Film *by G***N on May 6, 2025* This film has so much to offer! Truly brilliant performances. Wonderful photography. A look into a world seldom seen - the art world behind the public art world. Quiet, but forward moving, and to me very satisfying. Four stars instead of five because I'd hoped to see a bit more about Turner's work. The uniqueness of his vision. Here we see perhaps some of the 'why,' but little of the 'why it matters.' Worth the time. Worth, I suspect, several viewings. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/14456976-mr-turner](https://www.desertcart.in/products/14456976-mr-turner) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*