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Dec 28, 2023ajherther rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I'd recommend watching Nothing Truer Than Truth as a companion to this excellent film.
Jan 12, 2020
I was and am very interested in the subject but the movie is ruined by making Shakespeare sound like an illiterate semi-cockney. No one else in the movie sounds like him. It was so annoying I gave up on the movie less than half way…
Apr 28, 2017trcookIIImddmd rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This trash is only worth watching for its period interest. There are credible people who have tried to denigrate William Shakespeare, like Henry James; what would their motive be? Jealousy? The vast majority of experts have no doubts…
May 07, 2016Nephy rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I was pleasantly surprised with this title. Interesting take on Shakespeare's life! Not to be taken seriously! Would I watch this title again? Probably not. It was enjoyable the first time around! :)
Oct 14, 2015coasting rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This film was fun and not meant to be taken too seriously. The idea that "Shakespeare" was a nobleman whose education enabled him to write such complex and wonderful works isn't new. Well done. Just relax and enjoy it.
May 01, 2015Nursebob rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Better known perhaps for his apocalyptic “monsters and explosions” epics, director Roland Emmerich proves he is equally adept at sprawling historical dramas. His CGI invocation of old London, both from the air and at ground level, is an…
Jan 29, 2015pl8 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
In some ways it was well made, the production design/CGI and costumes were impressive. I'm no expert on these theories and only vaguely interested, but just the fact that this film attempts to attach a Freudian Oedipal relationship between…
Nov 08, 2014TGPretender rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Completely unfounded, but still entertaining, which is the point of historical fiction. This one does play fast and loose with history... But! Interesting and entertaining. Good for a rewatch or two.
Apr 06, 2014geomillar rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
What a brilliant put down of the man, William Shakespeare. Will was hardly literate let alone the writer he was purported to be. I also liked the irreverent look at The Fairy Queen herself. Virgin Queen? Never. She turns out to be an…
Nov 07, 2013jimg2000 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Interesting idea on the true identity of Shakespeare but the more intriquing is the snake pit of immorality inside the Royal Circle. (The lines that I entered as a quote sums it up nicely --- somewhat spoiler.)
Aug 13, 2013bnouban rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent presentation of the authorship issue--Oxfordians vs. Startfordians.. Oxfordians argument more plausible
Aug 05, 2013JEarl rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Tried, twice, but no go.
Aug 05, 2013LibraryUser53 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The proposition posed is preposterous; there are too many historic and logical inconsistencies to even begin to list; but I found it still to be an entertaining film, what with the portrayal of daily life and business economy of an…
Jul 01, 2013StarGladiator rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
The overall problem with this film was the highly flawed premise: that only a member of the royalty could have written the plays of Shakespeare, as certainly a commoner who was from Stratford-on-Avon could never have done so! What a load…
Apr 05, 2013Ron@Ottawa rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Great costume and setting, and a conpiracy theory about who William Shakespeare really was. Visually the film was great to look at. However, not being a Shakespearian fan, it didn't do much else for me.
QuinKeng
Mar 22, 2013QuinKeng rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I knew nothing about this film before I saw it at the theatre and I was absolutely delighted. Very cinematic in a stagey kind of way. Wonderful opening that was relevant and imaginative. The story, I thought, was compelling and although…
longailsa
Jan 29, 2013longailsa rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I would've liked to give this movie a better review because it sounded like it had a lot of potential, plus I like period drama but in the end I didn't like it. The trailer seemed to present the film as a 'thinking film' about the…
Jan 01, 2013
Great movie. Wonderful look at famous dramatists of the period in their early years. Very humourous portrayal of Shakespeare as almost illiterate and definitely not a wordsmith! This theme has been covered by many--was it De vere or Bacon…
Quimeras
Sep 25, 2012Quimeras rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Whether or not the story is veridical, “Anonymous” is quite entertaining. If you enjoy films that deal with the twisted lives of the monarchy, this one is for you.
Sep 18, 2012re_discover rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Loved the film! Recommended to any fan of Shakespeare. The voices, costumes, and sets were absolutely stunning, and the plot was very dramatic.
Aug 28, 2012downsman rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A rewarding film if you stick with it. Slow going at the beginning as you try to digest who the characters are and what their importance might be. Since no definitive proof exists as to who wrote WS's plays, the speculation in which the…
theorbys
Aug 08, 2012theorbys rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It is a fine period and costume recreation of the Elizabethan era that very cleverly interweaves the considerable historical and political drama (and plotting) of Elizabeth's reign with the literary and theatrical drama associated with…
roadshowrigoletto
May 24, 2012roadshowrigoletto rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I went to a hockey game this week. Kept trying to figure out what is the point of putting a puck into a net? What a waste of time? Where's the turkey? The fixings? Where are the jockeys? The dancing bears? The fireworks? And the…
May 17, 2012Kritter408 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Really boring....no action in it whatsoever. Pressed play and was waiting for it to get good but it just never took off!!! I agree completley with Monolith zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz all the way through!!!
May 09, 2012JLMason rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Taken as a piece of speculative fiction, the complex plot, excellent acting, staging of the plays, and realities of Elizabethan life (bad teeth and filthy streets) were all highly enjoyable. However. Shakespeare a drunken illiterate,…