Bright Star

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

Cast

Abbie Cornish

as Fanny Brawne

Ben Whishaw

as John Keats

Paul Schneider

as Mr. Brown

Kerry Fox

as Mrs. Brawne

Edie Martin

as Toots

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

as Samuel

Claudie Blakley

as Maria Dilke

Gerard Monaco

as Charles Dilke

Antonia Campbell-Hughes

as Abigail

Samuel Roukin

as Reynolds

Reviews

Andres Gomez

Good performances from Cornish, Whishaw and Schneider for a folks and costums movie. You will enjoy it if you like the genre. If not ... well, probably it would be a slow and dull romantic drama for you....

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Bright Star is the rare biopic of an artist that actually provides some insight into its subject’s craft. Usually, a film about a writer, including such recent examples as To Olivia (Roald Dahl) and The Laureate (Robert Graves), will approach the creative process as 99-percent inspiration and 1-perc...

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