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- 2009
- PG
- 1 h 59 m
- 2009
- PG
- 1 h 59 m
Summary London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, and outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats' younger brother that drew them together....
Directed By: Jane Campion
Written By: Andrew Motion, Jane Campion
- 2009
- PG
- 1 h 59 m
- 2009
- PG
- 1 h 59 m
Bright Star
7.5
Where to Watch
Summary London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, and outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats' younger brother that drew them together....
Directed By: Jane Campion
Written By: Andrew Motion, Jane Campion
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
81
88% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
12% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
81
88% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
12% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Jane Campion has performed her own feat of romantic imagination.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 41 User Ratings
7.5
88% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
5% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
7% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 41 User Ratings
7.5
88% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
5% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
7% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Beautiful, moving story. Filmed at a slow pace, it allows the viewers to follow the development of Keats and Brawne relationship. Some unforgettable photography (the butterflies farm, the slow passing of seasons). Even more admirable in an age of speed and noise. The soundtrack is also quite delicate. A masterpiece of sophistication and substance.
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Bright Star may not be a joy forever but it will do until the next joy comes along.
It’s a studied movie that gives itself over to bursts of intensity, and between them sometimes threatens to become as spellbound by its subjects as they become with each other.
What animates this dramatically constrained film are the lively words and the vitality of nature. An image of butterflies blooming in a bedroom is Keats' worldview in miniature.
It's more conventionally romantic than wildly Romantic--but no less touching for that.
Writer-director Jane Campion approaches the tale with an artiste’s respectful solemnity, but it too often comes off like "Twilight" transplanted across oceans and centuries.
I watched this years ago just cause, I wasn't sure what I was going to get. This was a profoundly touching movie. I'm not sure why I see reviews bashing it for being "too slow". Come on it's a drama and it's about real life. What do you think is going to happen? Some action packed scene with explosions? No it's not that kind of movie. If you wanted that you should have watched you know... an ACTION movie not a british drama. Dramas can be very slow but this one did not bother me because of the emotions it captured through amazing shots and acting. I was in tears many times in different points in this movie. NOT feelings of sadness or emotion ACTUAL crying that I could not stop. It's very rare a movie can do that to me. Overall a hugely ignored movie by the public and if you have not seen it you should.
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Scenes of literary poetry
With her poetic drama Jane Campion makes two hours feel like fifteen minutes in heaven in this story about a secret romance that starts of in London 1818 between struggling poet John Keats and the girl next door Fanny Brawne. When their love for one another is revealed they are faced with strong resistance, but their bond has gotten so strong that there is nothing anyone can do to change it.
Six years has passed since one of times most important female director's made the thriller "In the cut" (2003). Her newest film is based on Andrew Motions "KEATS: A Biography" from 1987 and is a hearty ovation to romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821), that depicts the tree last years in his life and focuses on the relationship between him and 19 year old Fanny Brawne, that would become his life's love.
With sophisticated camera movements Campion visualizes the romance in the characters and nature as she attempts to drag out the essence off Keats poems. Her use of linear narrative holds this character drama together, and in several of the most artistic scenes Keats is quoted through Ben Wishaw's characteristic voice-over. The emotional substance in Abbie Cornish's interpretation compliments Campion`s lyrical film style and the chemistry between her and Ben Wishaw is present in ever scene they share. Paul Schneider is also splendid in his supporting role as Keats best friend. "Bright Star" is encouraged by the colorful interiors and exteriors that is in style with, contrasts and emphasizes the remarkable costumes. With her personal signature, New Zealand director Jane Campion creates rarely seen scenes of literary poetry that are enhanced by the atmospheric violin music from Mark Bradshaw, and returns to the genre's she more than mastered in "An angel at my table" (1990) and "The Piano" (1993). For her eight picture so far she was nominated for the Palme'd Or in Cannes for the third time. "Bright Star" is in my eyes an enchanting story that articulates and visualizes love's life with exquisite images, gesticulations and lines.
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I found the typical meter of the actor's words that resemble any other period peice, that each word is spoken with as much significance as we today attribute to the time, lacked realism and detracted from the making the film anything out of the ordinary. In essense its form was very typical of any other period drama, however I think Abbie Cornish's portrayal was devastatingly glorious. She was the heart-strings of this film and swayed it in whatever way she wished.
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Production Company
Pathé Renn Productions,
Screen Australia,
BBC Films,
UK Film Council,
New South Wales Film & Television Office,
Hopscotch Productions,
Jan Chapman Films,
Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
Release Date Sep 16, 2009
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating PG
Tagline First Love Burns Brightest
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Australian Film Institute
• 3 Wins & 11 Nominations
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
