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Releasing on Jun 21, 2024
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Firebrand

Summary In blood-soaked Tudor England, Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII, is named Regent while tyrant Henry is fighting overseas. Katherine has done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs. When an increasingly ailing and paranoid King returns, he turns his fury on the radical...

Directed By: Karim Aïnouz

Written By: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth, Rosanne Flynn, Elizabeth Fremantle

  • 2024
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 2 h
  • 2024
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 2 h

Firebrand

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
61
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Summary In blood-soaked Tudor England, Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII, is named Regent while tyrant Henry is fighting overseas. Katherine has done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs. When an increasingly ailing and paranoid King returns, he turns his fury on the radical...

Directed By: Karim Aïnouz

Written By: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth, Rosanne Flynn, Elizabeth Fremantle

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
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62% Mixed
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90
May 22, 2023
The threat posed by women who think for themselves to the absolute power of men is a central theme in this starch-free tale of Tudor intrigue, its protofeminist perspective seamlessly woven into the narrative fabric without a hint of the didactic.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
75
May 22, 2023
Strangely, the most conventional aspect of Firebrand is its central character.
By Nicholas Barber FULL REVIEW
70
May 30, 2023
Sure, the script takes wild liberties that bear no resemblance to historical accuracies, but with Vikander and Law leading this wonderful ensemble, it’s a rather welcomed addition that will keep your eyes glued to the screen from start to finish.
By Patrice Witherspoon FULL REVIEW
60
May 22, 2023
It’s a watchable piece of faux history, but the movie does not know what to do with its own heroine, content to leave her to the clutches of its villain: Henry.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
58
May 22, 2023
Firebrand pays frequent lip service to the courage it surely required for Katherine to do her royal duties with a straight face at the same time as she cultivated such radical ideas in secret, but little about the film itself reflects the courage of her convictions.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
50
May 22, 2023
As sympathetic as Vikander is in the role, this queen remains a bit opaque, her inner life never brought into sharp focus. Katherine may have survived, but she’s still not fully known.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
50
May 22, 2023
With a messy story and confusing characters, Aïnouz's Firebrand is a disappointment to behold no matter how exquisite the film looks.
By Therese Lacson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Brouhaha Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment, Magnolia Mae Films, MBK Productions
Release Date Jun 21, 2024
Duration 2 h
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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