Bright Star (2009)

7.1	Listal rating
6.9	IMDB rating

Directed by

Jane Campion

Starring (View all)

Fanny Brawne

John Keats

Mr. Brown

Mrs. Brawne

Edie Martin

Toots

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Samuel

Claudie Blakley

Maria Dilke

Gerard Monaco

Charles Dilke

Written by

Jane Campion

(written by)

Andrew Motion

(biography Keats)

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3 years, 1 month ago at Apr 23 4:15

geojones100

Story of poet John Keats and his unlikely but supportive muse Fanny Brawne. Campion created a love story bedeviled with the curses and magic of really, really being in love. That scene where they first held hands and knew they were in love speak volumes and volumes of feelings. And it was captured with solemn purity.

A good movie

7 months, 3 weeks ago at Oct 26 2:47

johanlefourbe

I have always been interested in Jane Campion’s work so I was really eager to check her last movie. Honestly, even though I enjoyed this flick, I can’t say it was really amazing. Indeed, the plot is pretty much standard for a costume drama (a young man and woman are passionately in love but he doesn’t have any money to marry her and, on top of that, he gets pretty sick…). It was really cli... read more

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Description: Written and directed by Academy Award winner Jane Campion, Bright Star is a riveting 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. Ben Whishaw (The International, I’m Not There) and Abbie Cornish (Stop-Loss, Elizabeth: The Golden ... (more)

Release date : 15 October 2009

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" Much like the poetry of John Keats, Bright Star brims with an natural artistic sensibility unmatched by other movies of its type. The atmosphere of the film partially relies on its visual composition, pieced together with beautiful 19th century-style costumes and settings; not exactly extravagant, but never pretentious. The romance presented in its storyline is one of genuine emotion and sensibility, fierce adoration with an exquisite tinge of sadness. Though an obvious choice of wording, “po"

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johanlefourbe posted a review 7 months, 3 weeks ago

A good movie

“I have always been interested in Jane Campion’s work so I was really eager to check her last movie. Honestly, even though I enjoyed this flick, I can’t say it was really amazing. Indeed, the plot is pretty much standard for a costume drama (a young man and woman are passionately in love but he doesn’t have any money to marry her and, on top of that, he gets pretty sick…). It was really cliché and I can’t tell you how many times I have seen movies with a similar plot. Furthermore, I wasn’t really convinced by Abbie Cornish. I mean, she looked really pretty and her performance was not bad at all but there was not a single moment during which I really believed she was this character, living in that place during that particular time period. For me, she was still a modern girl from” read more