Cymbeline

  • 2015


MOVIE IS entertaining problematic aesthetic electronic sophisticated
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10 %
32 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 9
Negative reviews 14
Average Rating 2.5/5
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2.0
That would be enough for almost any tale of star crossed love, death, and revenge. Av Club
2.0
The film has moments of real wit and stylish brutality, but its nods to modernity (motorcycles, iPads, Google) just feel like self conscious stunts. EW
2.5
Alas, it is not because most of the rest of the film surrounding it is a conceptually weak and dramatically muddled mess that has acquired a game and .. Rogerebert
3.0
Some of the other actors seem a bit awkward, and the final act wrap up feels disjointed and rushed with an uninspired parking lot setting but on the w .. Common Sense Media
3.5
The film dazzles with its colors and textures, practically worshipping those jet black leather jackets, while letting Ed Harris eyes express what no m .. Variety
1.0
Ralph Fiennes war epic Coriolanus and Joss Whedons charming rom com Much Ado About Nothing both succeeded in shifting Shakespeare plays to the modern .. We Got This Covered
2.5
This aesthetic supports Almereydas concept, which updates Cymbeline to a theoretically contemporary age of roving biker gangs, but, unfortunately, the ..
1.5
Selfies, Google maps, skateboards and other paraphernalia of modern life are yoked engagingly into a fresh and perky makeover. Screen Daily
2.0
Joss Whedons breezy Much Ado About Nothing turned the twisty paths of love into a sophisticated modern sitcom. The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Was the director Michael Almereyda watching an episode of Sons of Anarchy when he decided to tackle Cymbeline The New York Times
2.0
Elsewhere, some try hard electronic music cues invoke Drive, and the less said about the awkward deployment of the old Maytals reggae number Pressure .. Telegraph
2.0
And most of the complicated killing that is coming hasnt started.
2.5
If too many filmmakers try to amp up the excitement in Shakespeare with movie magic, Almereyda goes to the opposite extreme in Cymbeline. Philly
4.5
It unfolds like a tragedy, gradually shedding all its armor until it winds up, naked and a little crazy, as something of a comedy. But all this madnes .. Village Voice
2.0
It gives us Shakespeare, but with a murkiness and lack of poetics and too many story lines converging all at once. Sover
3.0
In 2000, the helmer modernized William Shakespeares Hamlet, transforming the play into a scrappy indie film production, turning broad strokes of obses .. Blu Ray
2.5
And yet in the hands of Michael Almereyda, its given a distinctly contemporary sheen that almost makes it seem fresh, which is notunfortunatelythe sam .. Film Journal International ..
2.5
If John Carpenter had ever done a Shakespeare film, this might be it. Salon
3.5
Michael Almereyda, who made a film of Hamlet, starring Ethan Hawke, in 2000, turns his attention to a later and less prominent play.Shakespeare set it .. New Yorker
2.0
But as we approach a bloated, underwhelming finale everything seems to move at half speed, with no sense of urgency and a cognitively dissonant resolu .. The Film Stage
2.0
Cymbeline has been teleported from the past with its fundamental problems unaddressed, and as soon as Google does a redesign or the next gen iPhone co .. Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
If nothing else, this film made me want to see more Shakespeare and if it has this effect on audiences, then Almereyda is to be commended. Hey U Guys
1.5
Cymbelines familiar Elizabethan tropes do not translate well to a modern context, nor do the constant references to Caesar or Romans. Film Ink
2.5
Almereydas sweeping cuts take material that was already problematic and render it almost nonsensical. The Dissolve
1.5
Almereyda never gives us a reason why this particular Shakespeare story is relevant for today, and thus worthy of being retold. Perhaps he watched too ..
2.0
Once Iachimo brings Posthumus false proof of his conquest, all hell breaks loose. The New Paper
3.5
It is an odd little film with a big cast that is rather entertaining, in an idiosyncratic way, despite its ragged edges. Theepoch Times
2.5
Again, it may just be that this is one of the Bards lesser works that doesnt really deserve the cinematic treatment, or it could simply be that Almere .. The Blus Pot
4.5
This is a film without a wide range of emotions, they remain mostly on the somber side, but those explored are seriously explored. The overall mood is .. World Socialist Web Site
3.5
Like Almereydas Hamlet, this film is set in modern times but preserves an unusual amount of Shakespeares original speech.It also is a study in sly eye .. Signature Reads



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