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By Kelly Jane Torrance (368) for Washington Examiner (271) on 04 Jan 2019

I could offer a long list of the historical inaccuracies in the film.But the inaccuracies aren't actually the biggest problem in a film that…

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By Daniel Green (105) for CineVue (2,163) on 04 Dec 2018

Emmerich seems to have departed from his well-established oeuvre, yet his directorial ineptitude in regards to characterisation and storytelling…

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By Debbie Baldwin (220) for Ladue News (220) on 09 Nov 2018

My biggest complaints about the film are that it jumps around like crazy and the rest of the acting is a tad melodramatic…

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By Johnny Gayzmonic (188) for Fanboys of the Universe (188) on 30 Oct 2018

Regardless of your views on Shakespeare's authorship, Anonymous is an insulting, plodding, dull, unfocused junk heap of a film…

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By Deborah Ross (530) for The Spectator (1,162) on 30 Aug 2018

This is a stupid person's idea of what a clever film might be and, although I adore Ifans, not even he can save it…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 04 Mar 2014

it's ultimately clear that Emmerich should stick to the larger-than-life, blockbuster fare with which he's become associated…

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By John Hanlon (483) for Big Hollywood (212) on 29 Jun 2013

The director offers up an unfocused but intriguing alternate look at William Shakespeare…

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By Amy Curtis (52) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 11 Feb 2013

Roland Emmerich takes a questionable literary controversy and deftly forms it into an Elizabethan political drama in the Shakespeare-themed…

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By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 27 Sep 2012

Don't let the fact that it's different - or unadulterated bullshit of the highest order - put you off a story that, in truth, is more interesting…

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By Jeff Beck (630) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 17 Sep 2012

It may be one of the signs of the apocalypse, but thanks to a well-written screenplay, spot-on performances, and a fantastic production design,…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 23 Feb 2012

Roland Emmerich's lurid, pulpy approach isn't subtle, but it suits the material, since this is presented as a controversial exposé…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 13 Jan 2012

Fairly absorbing in an alternately classy and salaciously trashy way that operates not too unlike Emmerich's popcorn entertainers…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for Ebert Presents At The Movies (89) on 04 Jan 2012

This movie is lurid fun that is much smarter than it has any business being…

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By Paul Scantlebury (7) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 07 Dec 2011

Any hope of Emmerich and writer Orloff putting together a coherent argument is destroyed by muddled narrative…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 07 Dec 2011

Anonymous premises Edward's manhood partly on his sexual prowess and partly on his poetry, but it loses sight of the latter's allusions and…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 18 Nov 2011

Handsome, inconsequential investigation into the political and theatrical life of Elizabethan England makes a mystery of history…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 17 Nov 2011

What's distressing isn't the film's plodding incoherence or wild-eyed credulousness but its misplaced priority: It suggests that what's most…

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By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 14 Nov 2011

It didn't have me rethinking history, but for those two hours, it was entertaining enough…

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By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 11 Nov 2011

It's easy to get lost in the facial-hair thicket of actors, earls, lords, Roberts, Thomases and Cecils, and the movie's jarring leaps across…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 06 Nov 2011

A wonderful hypothetical about the identity of William Shakespeare, Anonymous is incredibly credible, a story of intrigue and facades…

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