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Title: Bright Star (2009)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Abbie Cornish | ... | Fanny Brawne | |
| Ben Whishaw | ... | John Keats | |
| Paul Schneider | ... | Mr. Brown | |
| Kerry Fox | ... | Mrs. Brawne | |
| Edie Martin | ... | Toots | |
| Thomas Brodie-Sangster | ... | Samuel | |
| Claudie Blakley | ... | Maria Dilke | |
| Gerard Monaco | ... | Charles Dilke | |
| Antonia Campbell-Hughes | ... | Abigail | |
| Samuel Roukin | ... | Reynolds | |
| Amanda Hale | ... | Reynolds Sister | |
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Lucinda Raikes | ... | Reynolds Sister |
| Samuel Barnett | ... | Mr. Severn | |
| Jonathan Aris | ... | Mr. Hunt | |
| Olly Alexander | ... | Tom Keats | |
It's 1818 in Hampstead Village on the outskirts of London. Poet Charles Brown lives in one half of a house, the Dilkes family who live in the other half. Through their association with the Dilkes, the fatherless Brawne family know Mr. Brown. The Brawne's eldest daughter, Fanny Brawne, and Mr. Brown don't like each other. She thinks he's arrogant and rude, and he feels that she is pretentious, knowing only how to sew (admittedly well as she makes all her own fashionable clothes), flirt and give opinions on subjects about which she knows nothing. Insecure struggling poet John Keats comes to live with his friend, Mr. Brown. Miss Brawne and Mr. Keats have a mutual attraction to each other, a relationship which however is slow to develop in part since Mr. Brown does whatever he can to keep the two apart. But other obstacles face the couple, including their eventual overwhelming passion for each other clouding their view of what the other does, Mr. Keats' struggling career which offers him ... Written by Huggo
I would have given this a 4/10 score except, the more I think about it the less there is to say in commendation of it. The principle problem is that Campion has chosen to write the script herself with only the aid of Andrew Motion. No wonder this is so off target. If you are at all interested in history, or God forbid, Keats himself, stay well away. It is a truly appalling representation of a real person's life and work. It gives no sense of the deprivations suffered by Keats. You'd think he was a spoilt brat pretending to live the life of an occasional letter writer, in a well lit, airy rural setting, with Brawne depicted like the 21st Century prick-tease that chimes more with modern day sentimentality. Costumes interesting. Casting poor. Script Godawful. Cinematography odd. Deserving of oblivion.