The love story told in "Bright Star" did not show the legendary character in the written records. One of the reasons is that too many details have slowed down the rhythm of the film. The director seems to be reluctant to give any point to deepen the lingering impression of Keats and Fanny. The story of the film, coupled with the already known ending, the film's dramatic conflict is stretched into similar forms again and again. In terms of women's self-consciousness, the film is too idealistic for women's pursuit of freedom and the way to achieve it, so that the audience can't see the substantive confrontation, struggle and rebirth that the heroine must experience in the background of the times; therefore, Fanny, played by Abby Cornish, left the audience the impression that she was just a young literary woman full of romance, rather than a woman who insisted on loyal love with indescribable pain and forbearance
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Bright Star negative review
2022-01-28 08:21
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Layla 2022-03-17 09:01:09
The film remains flat and undisturbed throughout, with hardly any climax. But that doesn't stop Keats' poignant poems stroking the eardrums through Ben's calm voice. ★★★★
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Toy 2022-03-27 09:01:21
3++ Here lies one whose name was written in water. The biggest benefit may be the refreshing reading of the small book at the end of the film.
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John Keats: There is a holiness to the heart's affection. Know you nothing of that?
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Fanny Brawne: [refraining from judging John's poetry] I'm not clever with poetry.
John Keats: [having sold only one book of poems and to Fanny herself] Well, neither, it seems, am I. Still, I have some hope for myself.