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King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
| Release : | 2008 |
| Rating : | 7.5 |
| Studio : | Richard Price TV Associates Ltd., |
| Crew : | Director, Author, |
| Cast : | Ian McKellen Romola Garai Monica Dolan Sylvester McCoy Philip Winchester |
| Genre : | Drama |
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Overrated and overhyped
Great Film overall
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
