Deborah Ross

Soapy and second-rate

If this portrait of the greatest writer of any age were to be believed, Shakespeare was a walking cliché – as well as a bit of a moron

issue 09 February 2019

All Is True is Kenneth Branagh’s biopic of Shakespeare’s last years and All Is Not Very True, apparently, which we could live with, but All Is Not Very Interesting either, which is harder to endure, particularly at the midway point when you feel a nice doze coming on. I don’t get it.

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