Most astounding, though, is the power of the film's leading actor. While Branagh's direction is forthright and articulate, his acting is brash and flamboyant.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Big and pretty, vigorous, thoughtful, this Hamlet expands the story with helpful flashbacks.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
One of the things that make [Branagh's] Henry V so thrilling is his audacity in trying to turn it into an antiwar play - a view that would have astounded Shakespeare. Astonishingly, he pretty much brings it off, emerging with steadily growing power as the young king who isn't afraid to bloody his hands. [15 Dec 1989]Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
What works best in the film is the over-all vision. Branagh is able to see himself as a king, and so we can see him as one.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: David Patrick Stearns
Henry V emerges a first-class epic film, so entertaining that it needs no apologies for being based on a 400-year-old play. [10 Nov 1989]Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Vincent Canby
Mr. Branagh has made a fine, rousing new English film adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Henry V,'' a movie that need not apologize to Laurence Olivier's 1944 classic.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Howe
An alert, rousing interpretation of "Henry V," Branagh beats down the doors of high art and drags the sleeping bard into the light of modern day.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Michael Wilmington
Branagh's expertly cut and reshaped Henry V gives us the grimy face of war, yet he also gives us the guts - and the soul and poetry that animate them both. [8 Nov 1989]Read Full Review »
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