Good only if you want a brief overview of Plath’s life complete with the demonisation of Ted Hughes. To get a full picture of how she lived, wrote and loved, you should read her diaries, her letters to her mother, Ted Hughes’ “The Birthday Letters” and her own book “Arial”.

Paltrow is… eh. Emotionless, expressionless, not much of an actress. You can tell that she really cared about the legend of Sylvia Plath though.