The drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.
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Bright Star
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| Directed by: | Jane Campion |
| Written by: | Jane Campion |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Country: | US |
| Language: | English |
| Actors: | Abbie Cornish • Ben Whishaw |
| Running Time: | 119 |
| Genre | Drama • Romance |
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Bright Star - Talk Cinema audience evaluations
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TALK CINEMA subscribers in Bryn Mawr rated Bright Star 36% EXCELLENT /32% GOOD for a 68% OVERALL FAVORABLE 44% WOULD RECOMMEND /32% MIGHT for a 76% OVERALL RECOMMEND Bill Wine led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Absolutely uplifting and visually magnificent. Acting superb and directing draws best from the actors. (F50-64). Exquisite. I love poetry. Keats is my favorite poet. Incredibly romantic. ( F50-64 Hopelessly overlong and sentimental. ( M35-49). Deadly ( F65+). TALK CINEMA subscribers in Chicago rated BRIGHT STAR: 50% EXCELLENT 31% GOOD 81% OVERALL FAVORABLE 57% WOULD RECOMMEND 29% MIGHT 86% OVERALL RECOMMEND Andrea Gronvall led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Beautiful creation of a world in which we wish we could live (50-64). Exquisite detail, painterly process of revealing evolving love story (F35-39). Fanny wore the most unflattering clothes, fortunate that she did not have to support herself (F50-64). Acting sterile, was Keats gay? Costumes sublime (F35-49). Set a personal record for how many times I checked my watch in 2 hours (M50-64). TALK CINEMA subscribers in Dallas rated BRIGHT STAR: 62% EXCELLENT / 30% GOOD for a 92% OVERALL FAVORABLE 68% WOULD RECOMMEND /28% MIGHT for a 96% OVERALL RECOMMEND Scott Churchill led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Excellent tribute. Even-handed, well-documented historical window, great lighting, cinematography, costuming, acting, perfect pace ( F50-64). Completely and utterly beautiful, every line poetic dialogue (F18-24). Richly imagined and executed with a real sense of the period (M65+). What a treat! Love the restraint. Let yourself go and immerse yourself in the time period (F50-64). High Romance looks like a whole lot of trouble (F50-64). TALK CINEMA subscribers in Washington, DC rated BRIGHT STAR: 52% EXCELLENT / 42% GOOD for a 94% OVERALL FAVORABLE 82% WOULD RECOMMEND /12% MIGHT for a 94% OVERALL RECOMMEND Bob Mondello led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Loved it! Will go by candelight now! ( 50-64). A scene with a bedroom filled with butterflies is so sensual you can almost fee the flutter of their wings against your skin. The filming is as exquisitely romantic as Keats’ poetry, which provides part of the musical accompaniment to the hypnotically slow waltz towards his inevitable death (F65+). So genteel, what a man who epitomizes the romantic period (F50-64). Struck by fact there was little action but terrific emotion (50-64). The movie is a poem, not to be analyzed but absorbed (F35-49). TALK CINEMA subscribers in Glenview, IL rated BRIGHT STAR: 41% EXCELLENT 33% GOOD 74% OVERALL FAVORABLE 45% WOULD RECOMMEND 36% MIGHT 81% OVERALL RECOMMEND Andrea Gronvall led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: A delicate, surpassing triumph. (M50-64). First Campion film I have ever liked, let alone loved ( F50-64). Makes me want to go home and read Keats. Fanny’s wardrobe gorgeous (F65+). Most sensuous experience I am likely to have for a while (65+). Makes me wish I was in love (F25-34). Thank God he was only 25, I hate to think how long the movie would have been if he were older (50-64). TALK CINEMA subscribers in New York, NY rated BRIGHT STAR: 48% EXCELLENT /37% GOOD for an 85% OVERALL FAVORABLE 63% WOULD RECOMMEND /19% MIGHT for an 82% OVERALL RECOMMEND Columbia Professor Sharon Marcus led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Great production, loved the Gilbert Brown character, without him it would have been a one note melody (M65+). Ravishing ( M50-64). Beautiful handling of tragic love story (65+). Loved the cinematography, was put into a trance by the beautiful words of the poetry and the stylized quaint rustic visual style (M18-24). One of the most visually magnificent films ever created but also one of the slowest (65+). Too contrived, too precious (F65+). The actors upstaged the plot (F65+). TALK CINEMA subscribers in Minneapolis rated BRIGHT STAR: 26% EXCELLENT /42% GOOD for a 68% OVERALL FAVORABLE 45% WOULD RECOMMEND /29% MIGHT for a 74% OVERALL RECOMMEND Colin Covert led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Loved the cool duds they wore but not much more (F50-64). He was so frail, so sad, so pale. Their love dark and full of sorrow. Maybe I’ll like the movie more tomorrow (F50-64). TALK CINEMA subscribers in PALO ALTO rated BRIGHT STAR: 50% EXCELLENT /25% GOOD for a 75% OVERALL FAVORABLE 65% WOULD RECOMMEND / 15% might for am 80% recommend rate Meredith Brody led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Campion’s brilliant script interweaves poetry with narrative and brings the interior lives of the characters into rich and poignant actuality (M50-64). Beautifully shot, incredible composition ( 35-49). Waited the entire movie for Fanny to make Keats a blue velvet collared jacket ( 50-64). Full of clichés not enough touchés (M65+). TALK CINEMA subscribers in Philadelphia rated BRIGHT STAR: 43% EXCELLENT / 37% GOOD for a 80% OVERALL FAVORABLE 57% WOULD RECOMMEND /24% MIGHT for an 81% OVERALL RECOMMEND Bryn Mawr Professor Ray Ricketts led the post-screening TALK CINEMA discussion. Comments included: Classic, wonderful period film (). Campion has created an ode to cinema and a celebration of passion and love (M65+). Beautifully imagined, elegant and engaging (F65+). A visual feast, beautifully shot (F50-64). Poetry in motion but a little long (M65+). Lovely but boring (F50-64). A two-hour soap opera (65+). User Review
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