Overview
- Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, the film is directed by Chloé Zhao with Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes as producers, and stars Jessie Buckley as Agnes and Paul Mescal as Will.
- Early reviews praise Buckley’s performance and the film’s emotional force, while some critics say the focus feels constricted or overly emphatic.
- Critics note the prominent use of Max Richter’s On the Nature of Daylight, previously featured in other films, as intensifying the somber mood.
- Reviewers describe the film’s approach as speculative, pointing to conscious departures from historical chronology and detail.
- The production recreated an early version of the Globe at Elstree Studios and filmed across Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and London, with a nationwide U.S. rollout on December 12 and a U.K. bow on January 9.