Director/writer: Jane Campion | Rated: PG | Review date: 14-Feb-2010 – Happy Valentine’s Day!

Jane Campion’s Bright Star is the biopic following John Keats and his romance with Fanny Brawne during the last years of his life. Ben Whishaw plays Keats, the underrated and struggling poet. Fanny Brawne, played by Abbie Cornish, is the girl next door and aspiring fashion designer who’s at first rather unimpressed with poetry to say the least. Soon enough though, the two become drawn to one another and an exciting love affair begins.

Campion does a great job capturing the romanticism of 19th century London. The costume and More >