Review of Bright Star (2009) by Chad-Poop G — 17 Feb 2010
Writer and director Jane Campion likes to portray historical women struggling with their hearts. Poor Holly Hunter loses her finger for an illicit affair in the excellent "The Piano." Nicole Kidman cries a ton in the dull "The Portrait Of A Lady" based on the novel by Henry James.
Now, it's newcomer's Abbie Cornish (as Fanny Brawne) turn to suffer since she's in love with a poor poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) before he died prematurely. It's a tragic love story, sort of "Romeo and Juiet.
" You see our heroine, Cornish, is a well-to-do independent woman more inclined in fashion than in prose. Who can blame her? I wouldn't get caught mouthing those somniferous lines. I understand Keats became famous after his death but I'm not familiar with his work--sorry.
As a movie, the only "fun" character is played by his BFF, another poet (Paul Schneider). Their friendship borders on emotion but is not sexual. That's a problem for this viewer. Merchant and Ivory would have opened up this tragic romance to be more interesting.
This review of Bright Star (2009) was written by Chad-Poop G on 17 Feb 2010.
Bright Star has generally received positive reviews.
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