Everything about this remarkable production is exhilaratingly unexpected.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
More questioning, more agonized, finally more humble.
– Amy E. Schwartz,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Mr. Branagh's Henry has psychological heft and intellectual weight.
– Benedict Nightingale,
New York Times,
21 May 2003
fresh:
The cast -- including Derek Jacobi as the modern-dress chorus, Paul Scofield, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson, and Robbie Coltrane in an effective cameo as Falstaff -- is uniformly fine without any grandstanding.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jul 2008
fresh:
A stirring, gritty and enjoyable pic which offers a plethora of fine performances from some of the U.K.'s brightest talents.