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2015
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 38 m

2015
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 38 m

Summary King Cymbeline, leader of the Briton Motorcycle Club, clashes with the corrupt Roman Police while his radiant but disobedient daughter Imogen (Dakota Johnson) fends off assaults on her honor and her life. Cymbeline’s wife and her son aspire to take over the king’s empire, and Imogen’s marriage to Posthumus (Penn Badgley) is undermined by...

Directed By: Michael Almereyda

Written By: William Shakespeare, Michael Almereyda

2015
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 38 m

2015
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 38 m

Cymbeline

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews

54

User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 User Ratings

3.8

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Summary King Cymbeline, leader of the Briton Motorcycle Club, clashes with the corrupt Roman Police while his radiant but disobedient daughter Imogen (Dakota Johnson) fends off assaults on her honor and her life. Cymbeline’s wife and her son aspire to take over the king’s empire, and Imogen’s marriage to Posthumus (Penn Badgley) is undermined by...

Directed By: Michael Almereyda

Written By: William Shakespeare, Michael Almereyda

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews

27% Positive
4 Reviews

60% Mixed
9 Reviews

13% Negative
2 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews

27% Positive
4 Reviews

60% Mixed
9 Reviews

13% Negative
2 Reviews

All Reviews
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Mar 11, 2015

Almereyda tackles one of the Bard’s lesser-regarded later works, the plot-heavy tragicomedy Cymbeline, and again unearths untold depths.

The New York Times

Mar 12, 2015

Cymbeline has been branded a tragedy, a tragicomedy and a romance, and Mr. Almereyda embraces all three categories. The movie is by turns grim, grimly amusing and romantic, sometimes at once.

By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 User Ratings

14% Positive
2 Ratings

43% Mixed
6 Ratings

43% Negative
6 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 User Ratings

14% Positive
2 Ratings

43% Mixed
6 Ratings

43% Negative
6 Ratings

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Mar 13, 2015

Most of the rest of the film surrounding it is a conceptually weak and dramatically muddled mess that has acquired a game and good cast and then given them precious little to do.

By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW

Mar 11, 2015

Almereyda’s sweeping cuts take material that was already problematic (though this technically isn’t one of Shakespeare's “problem plays”) and render it almost nonsensical.

By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Mar 12, 2015

Despite Almereyda's invention in approaching this tawdry Shakespearean tale, he misfires badly. All that is left is the semblance of Cymbeline.

By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 5, 2014

Almereyda puts together a slick-looking, well-paced package. But the central conceit simply doesn’t hang together well enough to create credible dramatic stakes, yielding an underpowered mashup of Sons of Anarchy with Game of Thrones.

By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

Sep 5, 2014

Michael Almereyda’s Cymbeline works best as a cautionary tale concerning the dangers of of believing that everything written by The Bard is “timeless.”

By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Benaroya Pictures, Endcrawl.com, Keep Your Head

Release Date Mar 13, 2015

Duration 1 h 38 m

Rating R

Genres

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Awards

Venice Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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