SummaryKing Cymbeline, leader of the Briton Motorcycle Club, clashes with the corrupt Roman Police while his radiant but disobedient daughter Imogen (Dakota Johnson) fends off assaults on her honor and her life. Cymbeline’s wife and her son aspire to take over the king’s empire, and Imogen’s marriage to Posthumus (Penn Badgley) is undermined by sinister... Read More
Directed By:Michael Almereyda
Written By:Michael Almereyda, William Shakespeare
Cymbeline
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Mar 11, 2015
91
Almereyda tackles one of the Bard’s lesser-regarded later works, the plot-heavy tragicomedy Cymbeline, and again unearths untold depths.
Mar 12, 2015
70
Cymbeline has been branded a tragedy, a tragicomedy and a romance, and Mr. Almereyda embraces all three categories. The movie is by turns grim, grimly amusing and romantic, sometimes at once.
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Mar 14, 2015
5
Micheal Almeryda's Cymbeline is a more action focused vehicle, that shoots the original William Shakespeare play in the stomach and throws in some romantic spice on top. Ed Harris plays the leader of a biker gang called Cymbeline, perfectly. Ethan Hawke, is there....cool, I guess? The acting plays a big part in the film, because this is a more action story driven movie, Milia Jovovich plays the most haunting, " Cymbeliny" Queen you will ever see. The story, for the most part is mishmash, cut in pieces and stuck with wafer thin glue, called "the ending". But it tries a lot, the action is great when it comes, and the acting is good. Almeryda's passion for Shakepeare shows out in this movie, it dazzles, it's electryfiying in the opening 40 minutes and it has a shocking plot twist. If the bad things can improve, Micheal Almeryda's Cymbeline may be the freshest, most badass Shakepeare film adaptation in years.
Sep 6, 2017
3
Rare, strange and therefore will not be liked by many, not even me, Cymbeline is not really a well done film, because is poorly executed, I do not recommend it.
Mar 13, 2015
50
Most of the rest of the film surrounding it is a conceptually weak and dramatically muddled mess that has acquired a game and good cast and then given them precious little to do.
Mar 11, 2015
50
Almereyda’s sweeping cuts take material that was already problematic (though this technically isn’t one of Shakespeare's “problem plays”) and render it almost nonsensical.
Mar 12, 2015
40
Despite Almereyda's invention in approaching this tawdry Shakespearean tale, he misfires badly. All that is left is the semblance of Cymbeline.
Sep 5, 2014
40
Almereyda puts together a slick-looking, well-paced package. But the central conceit simply doesn’t hang together well enough to create credible dramatic stakes, yielding an underpowered mashup of Sons of Anarchy with Game of Thrones.
Sep 5, 2014
33
Michael Almereyda’s Cymbeline works best as a cautionary tale concerning the dangers of of believing that everything written by The Bard is “timeless.”
Nov 14, 2017
0
Ethan Hawke is my man, but he cannot do Shakespeare. Ed Harris, who is one of the best living actors out there, didn't look like a good actor in this movie. The director maimed the story, substituted a lot of action and cut out interesting subplots. The movie didn't focus on story at all. A failure.
Production Company:
- Benaroya Pictures
- Endcrawl.com
- Keep Your Head
Release Date:Mar 13, 2015
Duration:1 h 38 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Kings Queens Soldiers Bikers War
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Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
