“gives new life to John Keats” Liz Moody, Empire Magazine
London 1818: Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is increasingly drawn to the handsome but aloof poet John Keats (a young Ben Whishaw). Writer-director Jane Campion (The Piano) received a Palme d’Or nomination for her understated yet deeply romantic literary drama, inspired by Andrew Motion’s 1997 biography of the poet.
“Bright Star deals with the sonnets and the bonnets with wit and restraint, and proves that a chaste romance needn’t lack for passion, or poetry.” Anthony Quinn, The Independent
