Anonymous
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds... who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare?
7 June 1970, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, UK
1961
22 November 1988, London, England, UK
26 October 1965, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5 January 1983, Berlin, Germany
1985 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
28 September 1998, Berlin, Germany
7 May 1986, England, UK
30 January 1937, Greenwich, London, England, UK
24 April 1971
26 January 1979, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
22 October 1938, Leytonstone, London, England, UK
9 January 1965, Marylebone, London, England, UK
8 February 1944, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
1980, Southend, Essex, England, UK
1985, Hamburg, Germany
18 January 1960, Ashford, Kent, England, UK
1977
February 11, 2013
Roland Emmerich takes a questionable literary controversy and deftly forms it into an Elizabethan political drama in the Shakespeare-themed 'Anonymous'.
October 30, 2011
File this one in the category of entertaining historical fiction. There are facts here, but one must possess more than a passing familiarity with history to be able to spot them.
October 28, 2011
This is irresistible as self-knowing camp: the players ham it up in high fashion and the script crams at least one lurid revelation into every scene.
December 29, 2012
Bad history beautifully done.
March 04, 2014
...it's ultimately clear that Emmerich should stick to the larger-than-life, blockbuster fare with which he's become associated.
November 04, 2011
Will Shakespeare, whose words shine on, bright and brave, Is turning o'er with laughter in his grave.
October 29, 2011
John Orloff's screenplay could have used a rewrite by de Vere -- or whomever.
June 30, 2013
The director offers up an unfocused but intriguing alternate look at William Shakespeare.
September 18, 2012
It may be one of the signs of the apocalypse, but thanks to a well-written screenplay, spot-on performances, and a fantastic production design, Emmerich has finally made a great film.
October 28, 2011
The digitally wrought period settings are simply gorgeous.
September 28, 2012
Don't let the fact that it's different - or unadulterated bullshit of the highest order - put you off a story that, in truth, is more interesting than it is wholly entertaining or accurate.
October 28, 2011
Knowing that non-Masterpiece Theater audiences will grow fidgety over this sort of thing, Emmerich and Orloff throw in plenty of sword-fighting, bear-baiting, and bodice-ripping.
