A MUCH DESERVED REVIEW FOR JANE CAMPION’S “BRIGHT STAR”

Todd McCarthy of Variety reviews Jane Campion’s latest film “Bright Star,” as a “beautifully made film possessing solid appeal for specialized audiences in most markets” and that its director, Campion, “…brings piercing insight into the emotions and behaviors of her characters.”

Read the full review here:

Bright Star Review – Variety Magazine

BRIGHT STAR (2009)

A Pathe, Screen Australia, BBC Films and the UK Film Council presentation in association with the New South Wales Film and Television Office and Hopscotch International of a Jan Chapman production in association with Carole Hewitt. (Internationa sales: Pathe International, London.) Produced by Chapman, Hewitt. Executive producers, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Christine Langan, David M. Thompson. Directed, written by Jane Campion, with research from the biography “Keats” by Andrew Motion.

“Fanny Brawne” – Abbie Cornish
“John Keats” – Ben Whishaw
“Mr. Brown” – Paul Schneider
“Mrs. Brawne” – Kerry Fox
“Toots” – Edie Martin
“Samuel” – Thomas Brodie-Sangster
“Maria Dilke” – Claudie Blakley
“Charles Dilke” – Gerard Monaco
“Abigail” – Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Camera (Technicolor), Greig Fraser; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi; music, Mark Bradshaw; production, costume designer, Janet Patterson; supervising art director, David Hindle; art director, Christian Huband; set decorator, Charlotte Watts; sound (Dolby Digital), John Midgley; make-up and hair designer, Konnie Daniel; line producer, Emma Mager; assistant director, Mike Elliott; casting, Nina Gold.

Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival (competing), May 15, 2009.

Running time: 119 MIN.