Fresh
Goes a long way toward capturing the compelling delirium of opium among a crowd of freethinking British iconoclasts.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Pandaemonium
Their poems have crossed centuries, but now their secrets will be revealed.
2001 · 2h 4m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Julien Temple
Overview
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate English poetry in the spirt of liberty and democracy. As time goes by, cracks begin to appear in the relationship. Sam becomes addicted to opium, while William's ego and ambition distance him further from his friend.
Director and cast
- Julien Temple Director
- Linus Roache as Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- John Hannah as William Wordsworth
- Samantha Morton as Sara Coleridge
- Emily Woof as Dorothy Wordsworth
- Andrea Lowe as Edith Southey
- Dexter Fletcher as Humphry Davy
- Andy Serkis as John Thelwall
- Samuel West as Robert Southey
- Colin McCredie as Messenger
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Literate and handsome.
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
Rotten
Historically and dramatically dubious.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
A harebrained, awkward, and dramatically muddled historical pageant.
Michael Atkinson, Mr. Showbiz
Rotten
The exposition is thick, the characterization choppy, the wigs terrible.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
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