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Bright Star

First Love Burns Brightest

A riveting drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, the girl who lived next door. It was cut short by Keats’ untimely death at age 25, but marriage for them was impossible anyway as he had no money, and poetry did not pay very well.

116 minutes, Parental Guidance
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, Romance, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Kerry Fox, Paul Schneider, Edie Martin, Thomas Sangster

Director

Jane Campion

Screenplay

Jane Campion

Music

Mark Bradshaw

Cinematography

Greig Fraser

Editing

Alexandre de Franceschi

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Pathé Screen Australia, BBC Films, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Hopscotch Productions, Jan Chapman Pictures

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Mild
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Strong drama. Moderately adult themes which might require parental reassurance or explanation.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

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Ratings

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International Media

Box Office (USA)Richard Mowe Could be Jane Campion’s biggest success since The Piano

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson Avoiding the stuffiness that can mar so many period films or biopics of famous scribes, the maker of The Piano gets straight to the heart of the matter in Bright Star, a superb rendering of the true-life love story between a headstrong young woman and the most ill-fated of Romantic poets.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers A literate, lyrical love story in the age of Hollywood crass. I must be dreaming.

ScreenIt (USA)T. Durgin Bright Star will likely prove too stiff and formal for most moviegoers. Those hoping for the eroticism of Campion's The Piano, in particular, will really come away disappointed.

Metacritic.com34 critics

RottenTomatoes.com143 critics

Internet (IMDB)2797 Netizens A brighter word than Bright

Average .. 79%

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