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By Rachel Leishman (8) for The Mary Sue (174) on 04 Jan 2019

Ophelia is a wonderful movie and one that, if you're a nerd for Shakespeare and his work, you'll absolutely love…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 08 Dec 2018

Shakespeare's famously mad victim gets to tell her story in a visually sumptuous adaptation of Lisa Klein's novel…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 28 Nov 2018

Hard-line traditionalists might clutch their thesis papers and faint, but those interested in radical approaches to art will be amused at how…

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By Amyana Bartley (18) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 16 Nov 2018

It would be easy to be seduced by Ophelia's visual beauty alone and call it good, but, for a smashing review, I am seeking something fully…

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By Tiffany Tchobanian (24) for Film Threat (5,156) on 01 Nov 2018

This Ophelia is far from mad and helpless. Semi Chellas's adaptation inspires and entertains…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 23 Oct 2018

There are enough touches of The Bard scattered and splattered in a mostly lavish-looking chick flick that even has an occasional kick…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 22 Oct 2018

Ophelia is a refreshing addition to the bold sub-genre of Shakespeare-inspired plays and films that weave in and around the prolific English…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Film Racket (579) on 18 Oct 2018

Whether this all works is up for debate, but I will say it would take a better writer than me to take a stab at rewriting Shakespeare's greatest play…

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By Kimberly Pierce (77) for Geek Girl Authority (113) on 24 Aug 2018

[Claire] McCarthy's work combines with fascinating performances to tell a version of Hamlet we've never seen before…

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By Dan Schindel (235) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Feb 2018

After an agreeably high-energy opening stretch, the movie settles into a fairly sedate mode it can't pull out of…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 26 Jan 2018

Opheliais both hopelessly beholden to Shakespeare and yet unwilling to completely break free from it…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for Mashable (91) on 25 Jan 2018

These former damsels are given agency to change their stories, but the result is a lukewarm fanfiction tale with different costumes…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 23 Jan 2018

This is the ultimate female take-back-the-narrative movie, and frankly a lot of it is silly and sophomoric. But it’s also juicy and fun…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 23 Jan 2018

Unfortunately, Ophilia fails to satisfy either curiosity, nether fleshing out the title character's backstory nor providing [Daisy] Ridley…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for indieWire (3,631) on 23 Jan 2018

McCarthy’s film, based on Lisa Klein’s 2006 novel of the same name, takes its best ideas (and its best performers) and traps them in a…

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By Anthony Kaufman (83) for Screen International (2,241) on 23 Jan 2018

The film also has plenty of faults. One of the main problems is that Ophelia is still under-written…

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