Stage Beauty Critic Reviews

Those who thought "Shakespeare In Love" was as good as it gets in intelligent costume romantic comedy will find that director Richard Eyre and writer Jeffrey Hatcher have taken the form to a higher level.Read the full review

This skillfully acted, handsomely crafted frock piece toys cleverly with gender confusion and sexual identity. Read the full review

Sly and witty. Read the full review

Beauty is about two-thirds the serious-edged romp it would like to be, which still leaves a lot of room for tony fun. Read the full review

Claire Danes is as fresh as running water in this role, exhibiting the clarity and directness that has become her strength; her characters tend to know who they are, and why. Read the full review

Expertly directed by Richard Eyre (Iris) from Jeffrey Hatcher's play, the film is bawdy fun. Read the full review

Ultimately this is a celebration of the theater, a big, wet kiss to the craft of acting and the artists who inhabited London's early stages.Read the full review

Yet Crudup does good, mercurial work despite a silly surfer-dude haircut.Read the full review

For every thing that Stage Beauty does right, it fumbles at least one other element, resulting in a movie-going experience that is of the glass half-full/half-empty variety.Read the full review