All Is True

This movie was well written & acted. I liked it more than I thought I might. Despite being fiction, I learned things about Shakespeare.

I don't understand it. I do have a brain injury, probably from trying 😞 to understand it. Have you seen my keys. Also maybe a ride to the shops.

Taking the alternative name of Shakespeare's play Henry VIII and transuding melancholia, it is a reimagination of the retirement years of The Bard returning home in Stratford-upon-Avon after Globe theatre perishes in fire in 1613 to brave domestic affairs, grief for his son and an unrequited romanticism with Earl of Southampton.

The second best movie Branagh's ever done. Shows what Shakespeares final years were like in glorious fashion. A masterpiece from start to finish.

Branagh's work earns it an extra star but I found the script unconvincing and found some of the other roles miss-cast.

The screenplay feels a little too simplistic and predictable but Branagh is able to find enough emotionally compelling moments (i.e. the scene with Ian McKellen) so that the bittersweet ending is earned.

Not as great as the trailer made it look, disappointing

If you love Shakespeare or even just appreciate the great bard, this is an engrossing look at his private home life. A slow rambling start to the movie may put some off, however as it unfolds and we get deeper and deeper into the complexities of his life at home, we get a unique vision of one of our world's greatest English writers. A man for whom life had its own unique challenges and resolutions. Obviously Branagh who has appeared in so many Shakespeare productions has a great love of the bard whose prose connected with so many people who have read his wisdom since his life and death. Not only fascinating, but moving and educational. This story has a lot going for it including Brannagh's masterful rendition of Shakespeare himself. A remarkable achievement.

Muito bom, apareceu me tentar ser fiel aos fatos apesar de muito deles não ter comprovação por falta de documentação à época, entretanto encontrei pouco a respeito de a irmã gêmea será poetisa ao invés do irmão morto, talvez um pouco de licença poética... Muito me entristece que um homem tão culto, inteligente e talentoso tenha sido levar pelo machismo da época, sua esposa e filhas eram analfabetas, comprovadamente...

I thought this was a reasonably good film - there's a good cast and Judi Dench gives a particularly decent performance but I did find Branagh's prosthetics quite distracting - it didn't quite look right, it was a bit overly embellished or some such. Ian McKellen looked more the part as the earl of Southampton, I thought. There are definitely some poignant moments but there are relatively dull moments too. Of course the story of Shakespeare's young son dying and him not being there to witness it, is a sad one - its nothing to trivialise at all, certainly. I believe this film was written by Ben Elton and I could see that it perhaps inspired him to go on to write the BBC TV sitcom 'Upstart Crow' - indeed, Shakespeare is called precisely that during the film. There is some nice scenery, so that's a plus as well but I did think the script could perhaps have been improved, as on ocassion it felt a little slow and without a real structure. I reckon it's worth sticking with, as it becomes most poignant right towards the end but if your not keen on period dramas, or interested in Shakespeare, then its not really worth seeing. Also, I should point out that it is a fictionalised account of what happened during the final years of Shakespeare's life, after the famous Globe theatre was burnt to the ground. The irony of the film being called 'All Is True' has not passed me by(!). It does provide food for thought but I wouldn't say its one of my favourite films of this sort (costume/period dramas), no. If your a fan of Judi Dench, however, I would recommend it and if your interested in a pre-Upstart Crow Shakespeare film written by Ben Elton.