Campion, who won fans with The Piano (1993) and lost them with the dismal In the Cut (2003) here returns to the top of her form.
Overview
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.
Director and cast
- Jane Campion Director
- Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne
- Ben Whishaw as John Keats
- Paul Schneider as Mr. Brown
- Kerry Fox as Mrs. Brawne
- Edie Martin as Toots
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Samuel
- Claudie Blakley as Maria Dilke
- Gerard Monaco as Charles Dilke
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes as Abigail
- Samuel Roukin as Reynolds
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A combination of unstuffy dialogue, wise casting, unselfconscious performances and sensuous but never pretty photography makes Campion's version of the nineteenth century feel current but not anachronistic.
For a movie so sensuously mounted, it's remarkably grounded.
The rare film about the life of an artist that is itself a work of art.
In its way Campion's film is a thing of beauty, but its characters' inner lives must be taken on faith.
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