First Love Burns Brightest
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
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 |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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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. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Tense Family Scenes |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Dane de Beer Putting poetry on the screen | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Viering van romanse | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan Chaste ode to burning love | 20 | |
Box Office Richard Mowe Could be Jane Campion’s biggest success since The Piano | 15 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 18 | |
eye Weekly 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. | 20 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers A literate, lyrical love story in the age of Hollywood crass. I must be dreaming. | 15 | |
ScreenIt 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. | 14 | |
Metacritic.com 34 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 143 critics | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 2797 Netizens A brighter word than Bright | 15 | |
Average .. 80% | 16 |