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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 15 Sep 2009

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 14 Sep 2009

A spellbinding story of true love written and directed by Jane Campion that showcases Abbie Cornish as an accomplished actress…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 13 Sep 2009

an ordeal for the bulk of its hopelessly overlong running time…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 13 Sep 2009

Through a lush filmic vernacular, Campion shows how these two figures were not only fiercely devoted to their work but also kindred spirits…

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By David Denby (676) for New Yorker (1,403) on 13 Sep 2009

What makes the movie extraordinary, however, is not so much the portrait of a poet as the accuracy and the detail of the period re-creation…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 Sep 2009

A rare pleasure of unrequited love that never dips the poet's ink into the syrup of sentimentality, but rather allows its characters to invest…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 25 Aug 2009

As might be expected, director Jane Campion keeps an assertive woman as the film's center, a deliberately paced romance but hardly a chick-flick…

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By Jonathan Crocker (102) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 17 May 2009

For all the exquisite cinematography and fine performances, Bright Star remains curiously unaffecting…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 15 May 2009

A deeply felt and intelligent film, one of those that has grown in my mind on a second viewing; it is almost certainly the best of Campion's…

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By James Christopher (268) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 15 May 2009

Jane Campion has turned the short and doomed affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne into an enthralling film that tenderly rips your heart…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen International (2,241) on 14 May 2009

It is Campion's most fully realised, satisfying achievement in a long while and will be warmly embraced as a prestige item with awards potential…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 May 2009

A solid, rather restrained rendition of John Keats' final years, Campion's period piece avoids pitfalls and cliches of the biopic genre, and…

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