One of the greatest virtues of this film is the intensity that drives the editing of the picture from the very beginning. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 25, 2022

Though much of the film is mere speculation on what the last years of Shakespeare's life may have been like, it is in those extraordinary high points in the film that "All Is True" really does ring true.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 14, 2022

A sumptuous film about grappling with joy and sorrow.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 15, 2021

Dench joins Branagh and McKellen in solidifying the genius of their movie's lead character.

Full Review | Jul 23, 2021

Even leaving aside the "playful" and empty postmodernist ambiguities ... Branagh's All Is True falls down in its approach to Shakespeare's life and to historical development.

Full Review | Feb 10, 2021

It is a diverting, fitfully thought-provoking look at Shakespeare at a point in his life that many of us may not be aware of, powered by a sense of poignancy and exceptional performances across the board.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2020

This is a joyously overwrought and theatrical movie, which finds its best moments when it deals in ripe, gently bawdy dialogue.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 16, 2020

Engulfed in bitter sadness and sweet sentimentality which, at times, loses itself to overwhelming grief.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 13, 2020

This era's paragon of Shakespeare performers is able to take All is True to a new realm and humanize an iconic historical figure.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 10, 2020

Branagh's pacing, intended as idyllic I guess, is glacial... That said, the acting is magnificent, from Dench and McKellan and the other supporting players, but above all from the star.

Full Review | Jan 7, 2020

It's almost like Shakespeare wrote this movie.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2019

Kenneth Branagh transforms into Shakespeare and delivers one of the best films of his career. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 8, 2019

While the themes might be hammered home too much at times, they are still compelling and interesting, and hammered home by some incredible actors, decked out in gorgeous costumes and more wigs than an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Full Review | Sep 5, 2019

All Is True ultimately has more in common with The Real Housewives of Atlanta than with The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 31, 2019

Sir Kenneth Branagh's All is True is a splendid little treat for Shakespeare fans, especially for those who've always wanted to know a little more about the man himself.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 27, 2019

Ben Elton's well-researched and cleverly built script offers plenty of delights for fans of the Bard, further enhanced with Branagh's fine direction and its wonderful cast.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 29, 2019

An intriguing take on Shakespeare's final days.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Jun 20, 2019

The movie's impressive appearance notwithstanding, Shakespeare's domestic problems do not a classic make.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 19, 2019

Honestly there were times when it seemed a half step away from a Monty Python or Blackadder sketch

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Jun 16, 2019

"Macbeth" and "King Lear" didn't exactly stick to the historical record either, and Ben Elton's speculative screenplay finds poignancy and wit in this unauthorized and unexpected portrait of Shakespeare.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 14, 2019