Firebrand

In Theaters Fri Jun 21

2 hr. 0 min.

History

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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53%

32 Reviews

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In Tudor England, Katherine Parr reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII. Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded or dead. Perceived as a threat by Henry's courtiers, they start to cast doubts about her fidelity and turn the increasingly paranoid king against her.

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Karim Aïnouz

Director

Alicia Vikander

Katherine Parr

Jude Law

Henry VIII

Sam Riley

Thomas Seymour

Eddie Marsan

Edward Seymour

Erin Doherty

Anne Askew

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

A taut historical thriller, bathed in muted, Rembrant-esque lighting and filled with viperish conspiracies and courtly colour. It’s hampered by a pedestrian script and an improbable ending, but always catches fire when the supercharged Law is on screen.

Rated: 3/5

May 25, 2023

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Splendidly visceral revisionist history...

Rated: 3/4

May 25, 2023

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Rafaela Sales Ross

Little White Lies

What is surprising is how little of Aïnouz’s nuanced sensibility is present in his newest, a film floating in the aimless limbo of characterless.

May 24, 2023

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Anna Miller

Filmotomy

Firebrand drags its feet, stumbling around the decision to either retell the historical events as we know it, fill in the blanks from what's missing from the history books, or completely turn the film into an ultra modern feminist “you go girl” flick...

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Good acting from Alicia Vikander and Jude Law can't save Firebrand from its plodding screenplay and lackluster direction. This revisionist drama, about the British royal family in the 1540s, distorts feminism by turning the film into a man-hating lecture.

Jul 8, 2023

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

Lush and lavish and darkly devastating... a quietly compelling tale of agency dashed upon the rocks

Jun 29, 2023

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Synopsis

In Tudor England, Katherine Parr reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII. Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded or dead. Perceived as a threat by Henry's courtiers, they start to cast doubts about her fidelity and turn the increasingly paranoid king against her.

Director: Karim Aïnouz
Screenwriter: Jessica Ashworth, Henrietta Ashworth, Elizabeth Fremantle, Jessica Ashworth, Henrietta Ashworth, Rosanne Flynn
Distributor: Roadside Attractions, Vertical
Production Co: Brouhaha Entertainment
Genre: History, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2024, Wide
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1