Cymbeline, one of William Shakespeare’s lesser-known dramas, is reinvented through the world of dirty cops and drug-dealing bike gangs. Directed...
Cymbeline, one of William Shakespeare’s lesser-known dramas, is reinvented through the world of dirty cops and drug-dealing bike gangs. Directed by Michael Almereyda – who stays true to Shakespeare’s language as with 2000’s contemporary Hamlet – and stars Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, Anton Yelchin and Ethan Hawke.
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32 %31 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
16 %1,757 reviewsAudience score rating
"The film dazzles with its colors and textures, practically worshipping those jet-black leather jackets, while letting Ed Harris' eyes express what no monologue possibly could."
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Variety
Variety"Has been branded a tragedy, a tragicomedy and a romance, and Mr. Almereyda embraces all three categories. The movie is by turns grim, grimly amusing and romantic, sometimes at once."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Almereyda's sweeping cuts take material that was already problematic and render it almost nonsensical."
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The Dissolve
The Dissolve"A mash-up of social media shortcomings and Shakespearean tragedy that becomes as much a tale of cinematic ambition gone awry as anything the Bard intended."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Primarily, what this moody contemporary update does is expose the play as a second-rate Romeo and Juliet that just wasn't made for these times."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Cymbeline's familiar Elizabethan tropes do not translate well to a modern context, nor do the constant references to 'Caesar' or 'Romans.'"
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FilmInk
FilmInkCymbeline | Details
- Runtime
- 97
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
