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All Is True

Play trailer 2:22 Poster for All Is True PG-13 Released Dec 21, 2018 1h 41m History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son, Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationship with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as a husband and father.
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Impressively cast and beautifully filmed, All Is True takes an elegiac look at Shakespeare's final days.

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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) It's almost like Shakespeare wrote this movie. Sep 13, 2019 Full Review Soren Andersen Seattle Times The movie's impressive appearance notwithstanding, Shakespeare's domestic problems do not a classic make. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 19, 2019 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Apart from fleeting pleasures, All Is True is mostly a goodie bag stuffed for Shakespeare completists. Rated: 2/5 May 30, 2019 Full Review Max Greene InSession Film All is True pushes the boundaries of truth but at all times the film is true to itself, and that’s all one can ask in a world filled with so many truths to uncover. Rated: B+ Aug 1, 2024 Full Review José C. Donayre Guerrero EscribiendoCine One of the greatest virtues of this film is the intensity that drives the editing of the picture from the very beginning. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Jul 25, 2022 Full Review Tom O'Brien Next Best Picture Though much of the film is mere speculation on what the last years of Shakespeare's life may have been like, it is in those extraordinary high points in the film that "All Is True" really does ring true. Rated: 6/10 Jun 14, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Madam D This movie was well written & acted. I liked it more than I thought I might. Despite being fiction, I learned things about Shakespeare. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/14/25 Full Review Harvey K 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. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/07/24 Full Review Fong Kok Hoong F 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Michael H The second best movie Branagh's ever done. Shows what Shakespeares final years were like in glorious fashion. A masterpiece from start to finish. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Steve D Branagh's work earns it an extra star but I found the script unconvincing and found some of the other roles miss-cast. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/24 Full Review Alec B 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. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Kenneth Branagh

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Kenneth Branagh

William Shakespeare

Judi Dench

Anne Hathaway

Lydia Wilson

Susanna Hall

Hadley Fraser

John Hall

Jack Colgrave Hirst

Tom Quiney

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Synopsis The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son, Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationship with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as a husband and father.
Director
Kenneth Branagh
Producer
Kenneth Branagh, Ted Gagliano, Tamar Thomas
Screenwriter
Ben Elton
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
TKBC
Rating
PG-13 (Suggestive Material|Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 21, 2018, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 10, 2019
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 13, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.2M
Runtime
1h 41m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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