Overview
- The film is in wide release in the U.S. and U.K./Ireland and holds six Golden Globe nominations, as Jessie Buckley adds a Critics’ Choice best actress win.
- Reviews remain largely positive on Buckley’s lead turn and the film’s craft, with some critics contending its emotional pitch is excessive.
- A Variety panel of artisans described Chloé Zhao’s ego-free, collaborative direction and emphasized intentional choices in color, framing and texture to externalize grief.
- Creative leads cited a rare doublet discovery informing costumes, an oppressive glove workshop set, more than 350 period-dressed extras for the Globe sequence, and a discreet Zhao cameo.
- Paul Mescal said the ending was calibrated to communicate Shakespeare’s grief and shifting connection to Agnes, uniting performance, cinematography and score.