A somnolent slog through Shakespeare's Henriad...

Rating: 5/10 (12 November 2019)

What a snooze, and what a somnolent slog through the Henriad. Of the eight Shakespeare plays on which this movie is based, I really only liked "Richard III" (and actually took a class in undergrad solely on that play). I generally know the material fairly well, and I love historical dramas like this, but everything about it was so dull and leaden, and nearly all of it missed the mark, that you'll need to be a major Timothée Chalamet fan to sit through it. Robert Pattinson's French accent is ridiculous, and he's on screen for maybe five minutes, but Joel Edgerton, who co-wrote the film, is great as always. This isn't worth your time unless you really want to see a hot young Hollywood star sporting a snazzy bowl haircut and galumphing through the mud in a few well done battle scenes.