Anonymous
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 28, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
19
Negative:
7
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38
Slant MagazineBill WeberOct 26, 2011
Anonymous leaves one bereft of any meaningful knowledge of these personages or the theatrical energy of their age, and earns the obscurity it figures to acquire even if the war between Team Edward and Team William blazes on. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsOct 26, 2011
It's as dull as it is brainless, the work of creators who've spent far more time concocting silly stories about Shakespeare than learning from him. Read full review
30
SlateDana StevensOct 28, 2011
What's disappointing about Anonymous is that it isn't dumb enough. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOct 27, 2011
In a movie that rings false at every turn, Ms. Redgrave's Elizabeth is truly and infallibly regal. Read full review
30
SalonLaura MillerOct 27, 2011
The result is a bombastic, flashback-ridden farrago of skulking villains, scenery-chewing actors, sub-"Ivanhoe"-style dialogue and what seems like a dozen pretty, flaxen-haired men storming in and out of rooms in snits. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOct 24, 2011
A well-polished cowpat that will confuse and bore those who know nothing about Shakespeare and incense those who know almost anything. Read full review
25
St. Louis Post-DispatchJudith NewmarkNov 6, 2011
The movie inspired theater critic Judith Newmark to write a sonnet in response. Read full review
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