"I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life." During the beginning of WWII Martha Gellhorn (Kidman), a war correspondent meets the legendary writer Ernest Hemingway (Owen). While working together to report what is going on they begin to fall in love. The romance not only inspires him to write For Whom The Bell Tolls, but also exposes his flaws and Gellhorn makes history. I know just about nothing about Hemingway, I know the basics. He was a great writer who wrote many classics and killed himself. After watching this, as far as history goes I don't now much more. I say that to tell you that this is not a typical bio-pic. The movie deals much more with the romance then Hemingway's actual writing. I didn't realize what a jerk he was and I don't know if that's true but he was certainly portrayed as one in this movie. The two main actors did a fantastic job in this but the movie itself was very up and down. The beginning and end was good and interesting but the middle tended to drag and was hard to stay focused on the entire time. If I knew more of the actual history of him it may have been more interesting but it was a little slow in parts to me. Overall, I did enjoy this and it is worth watching but make sure you are in the mood for it. I give it a B.