Review of Anonymous (2011) by Yavuz Sultan S — 08 Mar 2012

Who was the real Shakespeare? Edward de Vere..

This review of Anonymous (2011) was written by Yavuz Sultan S on 08 Mar 2012.

Anonymous has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Tucker J (9) on 20 Jan 2014

The more it tries to make you believe in it's half baked theories the more fake it comes off. It's just a crappy unentertaining film…

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

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By Gareth J (274) on 21 Feb 2014

The tagline for this alternative historical drama by Rowland Emmerich reads quite simply Was Shakespeare A Fraud…

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By Liz B (280) on 18 Feb 2014

Meandering story that is hard to follow unless you are a historian or decide to take a Wikipedia break to look up some of the key characters/events…

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By Noah N (132) on 26 Apr 2014

An interesting speculation and well played out, leaving nothing to 'what if?' and perhaps even most convincing…

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By Valentin G (205) on 01 Aug 2015

While it's premise is interesting, it's the execution of Anonymous that ruins the film…

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By Lawrence B (122) on 08 Feb 2015

Watchable enough but hardly convincing…

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By Adrian Z (553) on 27 Jul 2014

Roland Emmerich seems an unexpected choice to direct this intriguing historical drama that audauciously claims Shakespeare was not really author…

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By Michael C (2,821) on 16 Nov 2013

An interesting version of who Shakespeare really was…

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By Marcus W (1,161) on 14 Jul 2016

In Emmerich's hands the truth about Shakespeare turns out to be boring…

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