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Ben Chaplin, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Claire Higgins, Edward Fox
It's the 1660s, and Edward 'Ned' Kynaston is England's most celebrated leading lady. Women are forbidden to appear on stage and Ned profits, using his beauty and skill to make the great female roles h...( read more
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Stage Beauty is another adaptation of a play. Yawn? Well don't, because it also happens to make a highly successful transition from stage to screen thanks to the genius that is director Richard Eyre.
It tells the tale of Ned (Billy Crudup), a young actor who specialises in portr...( read more)
This was very clever where women could not be on the stage and how one mans jealousy. Slowly transitions to love and acceptance. A nice period piece with a heartful story.
An annoying, pretentious, anemic drama about awkwardly-utilized crossdressing and Claire Danes. These two things spell certain doom for your movie, especially when used in tandem.
Everyone in this movie sounds as if they inhaled helium and put on the most obnoxious accent conce...( read more)
This is one of those movies whose plot is just bizarre enough to make it look interesting. Thankfully, the writing and the cast were up to the task and produced a truly enjoyable film. Good stuff...
I wasn't expecting much from this movie. It was surprisingly good. Nothing earth-shattering, but there were some really nice moments and ideas.
Colourful, well-cast period piece doesn't completely convince us that its central character and his sexual confusion is all that interesting, but it saved by the incredible performance of Crudup and his chemistry with Danes.
I loved the whole blurring of gender lines. It makes me wonder what would it be like to live in such a world. I often think about Aristophanes' speech in Plato's Symposium.
Had a little bit of everything. Comedy, Drama, Romance. It may even be better than Shakespeare In Love, but it's hard to beat a love scene that invovles reciting Romeo and Juliet to one another while making love.
