

Bright Star
First love burns brightest.
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $14.4M
- Language
- French
- london, england
- poet
- duringcreditsstinger
- woman director
- 19th century
- john keats
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival7 Sept 2009
- Theatrical (limited)18 Sept 2009
- TheatricalPG9 Oct 2009
- Physical26 Jan 2010
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival19 Oct 2009
- TheatricalPG5 Nov 2009
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical26 Dec 2009
CanadaCA
- PremiereGToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2009
- Theatrical (limited)G25 Sept 2009
BelgiumBE
- PremiereGhent International Film Festival7 Oct 2009
- Theatrical149 Dec 2009
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival27 Sept 2009
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival15 May 2009
- Theatrical6 Jan 2010
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray19 May 2010
- Digital / OTTVOD1 Jan 2016
- Digital / OTT10Netflix1 Dec 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical624 Dec 2009
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG6 Nov 2009
ItalyIT
- Theatrical11 Jun 2010
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1215 Oct 2009
New ZealandNZ
- PremiereAuckland International Film Festival9 Jul 2009
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Bright Star was released on 18 September 2009.
Audience reviews
2- A6/10
Andres Gomez
11/5/2014
Good performances from Cornish, Whishaw and Schneider for a folks and costums movie. You will enjoy it if you like the genre. If not ... well, probably it would be a slow and dull romantic drama for you.
- T4/10
tmdb28039023
8/28/2022
Bright Star is the rare biopic of an artist that actually provides some insight into its subject’s craft. Usually, a film about a writer, including such recent examples as To Olivia (Roald Dahl) and The Laureate (Robert Graves), will approach the creative process as 99-percent inspiration and 1-percent actual work – and sometimes not even that. Writing is taken as matter of course; poems come out straight out of the …
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