Movies
TV Shows
People
21/12/2018 Drama, History 1h 41m
60
User score

The final act of the world's greatest playwright

Overview

London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.

  1. Kenneth Branagh

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kenneth Branagh

    William Shakespeare

  2. Judi Dench

    Anne Shakespeare

  3. Ian McKellen

    Earl of Southampton

  4. Kathryn Wilder

    Judith Shakespeare

  5. Lydia Wilson

    Susanna Hall

  6. Hadley Fraser

    John Hall

  7. Jack Colgrave Hirst

    Tom Quiney

  8. John Dagleish

    Rafe Smith

  9. Sean Foley

    John Lane

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn
Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-04-04
I must admit, this movie sneaked up on me. It starts out slow, and in fact establishes a fairly low key pace through the film. But there are passionate outbursts and exciting reveals. I almost feel sorry for those impatient viewers who are done in by movies that present complex, finely drawn plots. I can only assume they would also nod off while watching an actual Shakespeare play (as in, "Why don't they speak real English?").

I suppose the details of All is True aren't all completely true, but even the Bard himself took liberty with his source materials, which, let us remember, was often h...read the rest
Read All Reviews

Recommendations

  1. FX's A Christmas Carol72%
  2. Victoria & Abdul68%
  3. Les Misérables73%
  4. The Dig68%
  5. Finding Neverland73%
  6. The Current War66%
  7. The Last of the Mohicans73%
  8. Radium Girls67%
  9. To Walk Invisible72%
  10. Dial M for Murder80%
  11. The Happy Prince62%
  12. A United Kingdom66%
  13. Richard Jewell74%
  14. Hamilton77%
  15. Munich - The Edge of War69%
  16. Colette68%
  17. King Richard76%
  18. The Elephant Man80%
  19. One Night with the King67%
  20. Grey Gardens68%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$3,019,143.00

Keywords