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IMDb rating 6.9
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Critic rating 8.4

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...even in the sadness there is a kind of euphoria, an ecstasy of loss.

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Critic Liz Beardsworth
rated 8

Campion has created another resonant paean to love’s pain and joy, and gives new life to John Keats...

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Critic Keith Phipps
rated 8

...moves deliberately from one artfully framed tableau to another, staging most of the action in dim drawing rooms and the verdant paths connecting them.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

What Campion does is seek visual beauty to match Keats' verbal beauty. There is a shot here of Fanny in a meadow of blue flowers that is so enthralling it beggars description.

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Critic Alexander Vesterlund
rated 8

...et glimrende stykke filmkunst, du ikke må snyde dig selv for, hvis du er til den slags film, der langsomt kryber ind under huden.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Cast & Crew

Jane Campion
Director
Jane Campion
Writer
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
As shopkeeper
Kerry Fox
As Mrs. Brawne
Ben Whishaw
As John Keats
Jonathan Aris
As Mr. Hunt

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Bright Star tells the story of the intense and passionate love between two young souls living in 19th-century England. Fanny Brawne, a stylish and confident young woman, catches the eye of the struggling poet John Keats. Despite their differences in social status and personality, they are drawn to each other and embark on a secret romance. Their love blossoms as Keats teaches Fanny about poetry, but their relationship is put to the test when Keats' health begins to deteriorate and he is forced to leave for a summer holiday. The film is a beautiful and poignant portrayal of first love and its challenges, set against the backdrop of the Romantic era.

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