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Variety - Todd McCarthy | Screenrush Barometer:  |
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At Cannes: "Breaking through any period piece mustiness with piercing insight into the emotions and behavior of her characters, the writer-director examines the final years in the short life of 19th century romantic poet John Keats through the eyes of his beloved, Fanny Brawne, played by Abbie Cornish in an outstanding performance." |
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Other reviews with the same rating:
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The Sun - The Sneak | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'a heavenly delight' |
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Evening Standard - Andrew O'Hagan | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'In a season of blockbusters and disaster flicks rolling towards us with grim jollity, Bright Star is that rare and upbraiding thing, a film - perhaps the last one of the year - that seeks not to jam your emotions or scare you silly, but asks you to think about words.' |
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Total Film - Philip Kemp | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Quietly shedding all the fussy baggage of ?heritage drama', Campion gives us a moving account of Keats' great love and tragic death. A film of pictorial beauty and authenticity, graced with a fine cast.' |
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The Sun - The Sneak | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'a heavenly deligh' |
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The Daily Telegraph - Sukhdev Sandhu | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Bright Star is the best film Jane Campion, director of Oscar winner The Piano, has ever made.' |
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The Independent - Anthony Quinn | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'A thing of beauty in itself' |
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Total Film - Philip Kemp | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Quietly shedding all the fussy baggage of ?heritage drama', Campion gives us a moving account of Keats' great love and tragic death. A film of pictorial beauty and authenticity, graced with a fine cast.' |
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Empire - Liz Beardsworth | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Campion has created another resonant paean to love's pain and joy, and gives new life to John Keats, too often now associated with dusty school books.'
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New York Times - A.O. Scott | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'the achievement of Jane Campion's learned and ravishing new film is to fuse them, to trace the comminglings and collisions of poetic creation and amatory passion.' |
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