Film Review 2

                                          Anonymous 

Cast:

• Rhys Ifans as Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
• Vanessa Redgrave as Elizabeth I of England
• Sebastian Armesto as Ben Jonson, poet and playwight
• Rafe Spall as William Shakespeare
• David Thewlis as William Cecil
• Edward Hogg as Robert Cecil
• Joely Richardson as young Queen Elizabeth
• Paolo De Vita as Francesco
• Robert Emms as Thomas Dekker, dramatist
• Tony Way as Thomas Nashe, poet and satirist
• Helen Baxendale as Anne de Vere

Directed by Roland Emmerich.

   Synopsis:Anonymous is a historical film that that suggests Shakespeare was a fraud.Edward de Vere was an aristocrat who had a great talent to write the wonderful plays,but due to social and political constraints he couldn't mention his name as the author.That's why drunken, illiterate, fame-hungry actor William    passed off the plays as his own.Shakespeare however, having discovered the real author's identity, extorts money from de Vere to build the Globe Theatre.The film is full of intrigues that happened at Elizabeth's court.
  Review: Throughout the ages experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature,especially works of Shakespeare. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.
The cast is strong. And the most pleasing aspect of ‘Anonymous’ is its sheer sense of humour. Anonymous is an historical thriller because it was a battle for power between Tudors on one side and the Cecils on the other.
 To my mind the film is great!I was absorbed in the atmosphere of Elizabethan England,got to know a lot about the culture.This is a visually stunning movie with wonderful costumes and incredible set dressings. I don't agree with the history of   Shakespeare that have shown in the film,but costumes,music and acting are worth of seeing.