All Is True

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All Is True

PG-13

Released Dec 21, 2018

1h 41m

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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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Critics Consensus

Impressively cast and beautifully filmed, All Is True takes an elegiac look at Shakespeare's final days.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's almost like Shakespeare wrote this movie.

Sep 13, 2019

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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L L

Not as great as the trailer made it look, disappointing

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Marcus H

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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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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