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Film show: 'Cyrano', the musical adaptation of a French literary classic

Critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Marjorie Hache about the latest on the big screen and streaming platforms. We begin with the new adaptation of French verse play "Cyrano de Bergerac". British director Joe Wright has made a musical version starring Peter Dinklage as the would-be suitor. We also discuss the…

France 24 · Mar 30, 2022

The Woman in the Window director says derided Netflix movie ‘wasn’t the film that I originally made’

‘Unfortunately, audiences like women to be nice in their movies,’ he said. ‘They don’t want to see them get messy and ugly and dark and drunk and taking pills’

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Londoner’s Diary: ‘BBC blocked black star to play king’s mistress’

DIRECTOR Joe Wright has revealed that the BBC blocked his attempt to cast Sophie Okonedo as Charles II’s mistress in the 2003 period drama The Last King.

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2022

Review: Peter Dinklage earns your love in the snazzy (but not schnozzy) musical 'Cyrano'

Since "Cyrano de Bergerac" has always been about the superficial nature of appearances, there's something fitting about the exterior renovations that have given rise to Joe Wright's sweet, earnest and sometimes enchanting new "Cyrano." For starters, the movie is a full-blown musical: Its roots lie not only in Edmond Rostand's…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2022

Cyrano review: Peter Dinklage musical is too lavish and swoon-worthy to just be crushed by The Batman

Endlessly delayed adaptation is a flutter of organza cloaks, brass buttons and delicate dresses in pastel shades

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2022

Movie review: 'Cyrano' an intertwined love story both on screen, behind camera

Director Joe Wright has tackled many of the great literary love stories on screen, the ones that we return to again and again for their beauty and their pain, from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” to Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” His latest romantic literary screen adaptation is “Cyrano,” another tale of…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Cyrano review – Peter Dinklage captivates as letter ghostwriter in musical version

Game of Thrones star brings a piercing commitment to the title role in Joe Wright’s solemn screen adaptation of Rostand’s play

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022

‘Cyrano’ review: Peter Dinklage brings a touch of the poet to the de Bergerac story, but this musical heartbreaker doesn’t quite sing

The new “Cyrano” movie is an eyeful; but for the ear, more like half-full. But you always take your chances with a musical adaptation of the 1897 Edmond Rostand play. And there have been plenty.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 23, 2022

Review: Fall in Love with Joe Wright’s ‘Cyrano’

Joe Wright is at his best when he’s making movies about love. They may not always have a happy ending. In fact, they usually don’t.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 23, 2022

Review: Fall in love with Joe Wright’s ‘Cyrano’

Joe Wright directs an adaptation of Erica Schmidt's Cyrano de Bergerac musical “Cyrano” for the big screen, starring Peter Dinklage as the lovelorn wit, Haley Bennett as the beautiful Roxanne and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as the handsome man who turns her head in this 18th-century-set production

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022