Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Alec McCowen
The gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
DVD Release Date: July 18, 2000
Stats: 692 reviews
No one on the contemporary movie scene -- or ever on the screen -- does Shakespeare better than Branagh. As both actor and director, he is simply the best. He can manage all his actors in such a way that you will understand the plays clearly, both in terms of dialog delivery an...( read more)
This intimate adaptation of Shakespeare's play is quite a contrast to Olivier's version that builds in Technicolor grandure. Ooh - I loved it. Passionate and gritty, the actors deliver their lines for clarity rather than to emphasise the pentameter of the text, and this aids the ...( read more)
Another Kenneth Branagh film staring Kenneth Branagh. I only gave it two and half stars was one, the story was good but it dragged on. Two, Christian Bale was in it. Otherwise I didnt really enjoy the story, actually if I remeber correctly I didnt even watch it all because I was...( read more)
Largely under-rated adaptation of Shakespeare's play that chooses to use the cinematic media to great effect to breathe gritty, believable life into the story rather than sticking to it's stage roots as Olivier's version did. A superb cast of seasoned Shakespearians and some brut...( read more)
Gritty, operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's historical play is a great battle film. Braveheart wouldn't have existed without this film (a key film between Spartacus and Gibson's film.)
"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his conditi...( read more)
God, everyone looks so young in this movie. Almost forgot Christian Bale was in it.
Well done version of the play. The battle part was a bit of a mess, but otherwise, I thought it was very well done. I especially loved the manner of which they put the Chorus into the movie.
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