| Stage Beauty Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 5/10) |
| The biggest problem with Stage Beauty is that it plays like an extremely
light version of the still distributor-less but ridiculously entertaining
Johnny Depp/Samantha Morton/John Malkovich film The Libertine. Both have
the same setting, at least one...more |
| Stage Beauty Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B+) |
| In 1660's England, the most beautiful woman on the English stage was a man,
Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup, "Big Fish"), a true superstar of his age in a
time when it was illegal for women to tread the boards. His dresser Maria
(Claire Danes, "Terminator 3:...more |
| Stage Beauty Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Stage Beauty" (Lions Gate Films)
When Charles II (Rupert Everett) returned from exile in Paris and claimed
British throne in 1660, he reopened London's theaters where, traditionally, men
had taken female roles. Eager for...more |
| Stage Beauty Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Richard Eyre's STAGE BEAUTY, which wants badly to be the next SHAKESPEARE IN
LOVE, is set in England during the reign of King Charles II (Rupert Everett),
when an era was coming to an end. For centuries, only men were permitted on
stage. Thanks to some...more |
| Stage Beauty Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: A-) |
| "The actor doesn't own a part, the part owns the
actor." So says Edward 'Ned' Kynaston (Billy Crudup)
who, in 1660's England, is the toast of the town and
the best of the best in theater. His specialty? He
plays the female leads in the biggest plays of...more |
| Stage Beauty Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 5/5) |
| Some stage to screen adaptations flounder under their own
theatricality when projected on the big screen; not so with this film
version of Jeffrey Hatcher's Compleat Female Stage Beauty. Here, the
close-up, naturalistic style of film acting...more |
| Stage Beauty Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: A-) |
| Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten
Lions Gate Films
Grade: A-
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Written by: Jeffrey Hatcher from his play
Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom
Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Griffiths,
Edward Fox, Zoe...more |
