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Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, "Anonymous" speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories...
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, "Anonymous" speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories... (less)
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: John Orloff
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Rafe Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower, Xavier Samuel
Producers: Roland Emmerich, Larry Franco, Robert Leger
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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 26, 2011
5 / 10
Director Roland Emmerich has spent his career guiding Jean-Claude Van Damme, pushing viewers through a Stargate, staging a global alien attack, resurrecting Godzilla, and orchestrating the end of the world. He�s done very well sticking close to spectacle, but he�s never quite challenged himself in the dramatic realm. �Anonymous� is Emmerich�s first real stab at a human story, though even this modest costume drama carries a bold mystery: Was Shakespeare a fraud? It�s a complicated answer in a protracted motion picture. Sure, theaters are burned, incest is established, and several actors compete ...read more...
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