Anonymous

Keith Phipps

Anti Stratfordianism is based on the highly questionable, and prejudiced, notion that a man of Shakespeares genius couldnt possibly have come from common stock. ( Read More )

Advertisement Playing Shakespeare as a shameless, egotistical ham, Spalls performance is both the most insulting and the most entertaining element of Anonymous, livening up an otherwise dull slog through Elizabethan palace intrigue thats seldom all that intriguing. ( Read More )

But Anonymous depiction of the Bard as a braying idiot who couldnt even write his own name simply doesnt make sense. ( Read More )

Amy Curtis

Roland Emmerich takes a questionable literary controversy and deftly forms it into an Elizabethan political drama in the Shakespeare themed Anonymous. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

Thats no reason to avoid this marvelous historical film, which I believe to be profoundly mistaken.Because of the ingenious screenplay by John Orloff, precise direction by Roland Emmerich and the casting of memorable British actors, you can walk into the theater as a blank slate, follow and enjoy the story, and leave convinced if of nothing else that Shakespeare was a figure of compelling interest. ( Read More )