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2022
12A
Director: Joe Wright.
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Monica Dolan, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua James, Anjana Vasan, etc.
Too self conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano De Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters. This was a very good film.
The set and costume design was excellent. With very likeable leads, and great performances from Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr who all had fantastic chemistry with each other. The cinematography was great, with some very well choreographed musical numbers. The script was great, the themes were strong with being proud of who you are, rising above fear and being the bigger person. A lot of the scenes had great intensity. The film had a very charming tone, great plot development and a moving final act that was well executed.
I did have a few issues however. I found that there was a lack of character background into how Cyrano and Roxanne that made it more difficult to connect with their relationship, and instead a heavy amount of exposition was relied upon in order to explain their backstories. I found that there was a lack of antagonism throughout that made the stakes not as high as they could have been, and finally a lot of the musical numbers felt very out of place or not needed.
Overall, Cyrano perhaps didn't need to be a musical and doesn't fully reach the emotional heights that it wants to. However, it is still a well crafted and visually stunning movie, with brilliant performances from the whole cast and a strong message that will resonate with a lot of people.
Overall Score: 79/100.
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I made it out to a theatre thirty minutes away from me because no one was showing this. But I made the drive on Saturday to see Cyrano. Nominated for a single Oscar this year, Best Costume Design, I think it very much deserves to be nominated here but I don’t think it’ll win. There’s just so many other great nominees this year. The costumes didn’t really stand out to me that much but they were good. I think it more so deserved to be nominated for score or something. It can’t be original song since this is a remake, but goddamn the songs in this are so good. I cried for a solid six minutes listing to “Wherever I fall” that song is just so beautiful. Now, I have never seen the original so I can’t compare them, and being a sucker for a musical, I absolutely loved this movie. Peter Dinklage is genuinely so good as Cyrano de Bergerac. He is such a likable character who works off of his costars really well. Haley Bennett is a great Roxanne and her songs with Dinklage are just so pleasing to the ear. Kelvin Harrison Jr is a new face to me but I really liked him as Christian. He and Dinklage work really well together but he also works really well with Bennett. The three of them share a song together that is filmed and edited together so well. Ben Mendelsohn dives so much into this role that I didn’t even realize it was him until about his third scene. He even gets a good song here. Bashir Salahuddin and Monica Dolan don’t get many scenes but I really liked the few that they get. Joe Wright does a great directing job here and I really enjoyed a lot of his work in this. The movie does a great job showing the everyday people that war affects and portrays this romance really well. Cyrano gets a massive 10/10 from me. I’m glad it made it to the Oscars this year but I wish it had been nominated for a bit more. If a theatre near you is playing it, I’d highly recommend going out to give it a watch. I’d say it was worth the thirty minute drive as well. Now I need to try and hunt down the original, just to see how they compare. -Tyler.
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