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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 91%. Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 6,781 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
109 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard EyreWriter
- Richard EyreDirector
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anthony HopkinsLear
- Emma ThompsonGoneril
- Emily WatsonRegan
- Jim BroadbentEarl of Gloucester
- Florence PughCordelia
- Jim CarterEarl of Kent
- Andrew ScottEdgar
- John MacmillanEdmund
- Tobias MenziesDuke of Cornwall
- Anthony CalfDuke of Albany
- Karl JohnsonFool
- Christopher EcclestonOswald
Stills
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Themes
theater playfooltragedystormking learabdicationelizabethan england