Bright Star Critic Reviews

The rare film about the life of an artist that is itself a work of art.Read the full review

A fine-boned, luminous tribute to Keats and the sufferings of love.Read the full review

Masterfully put-together, made with confidence, intelligence and command.Read the full review

Campion's big-sisterly encouragement of Cornish's lovely, openhearted performance -- and Whishaw's well-matched response -- results in a character instantly, intimately recognizable to anyone remembering her own first love.Read the full review

Ms. Campion, with her restless camera movements and off-center close-ups, films history in the present tense, and her wild vitality makes this movie romantic in every possible sense of the word.Read the full review

Bright Star may not be a joy forever but it will do until the next joy comes along.Read the full review

Breaking through any period-piece mustiness with piercing insight into the emotions and behavior of her characters, the writer-director examines the final years in the short life of 19th-century romantic poet John Keats through the eyes of his beloved, Fanny Brawne, played by Abbie Cornish in an outstanding performance.Read the full review

Jane Campion has performed her own feat of romantic imagination.Read the full review

Bright Star is a thing of beauty and a joy for a movie season that needs it.Read the full review