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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

The Woman in the Window director says derided Netflix movie ‘wasn’t the film that I originally made’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

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

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From Tyrion to 'Cyrano': Why Peter Dinklage is always “the smartest person in the room”

In Joe Wright's musical retelling of 'Cyrano de Bergerac,' Peter Dinklage shakes off 'Game of Thrones' in dramatic fashion.

Inverse

Cyrano musical adaptation starring Peter Dinklage jettisons comedy for sincerity, with mixed results

A charismatic wordsmith helps his tongue-tied friend woo the woman of their dreams via letters, in Joe Wright's take on Edmond Rostand’s 19th century comedy.

ABC News

Cyrano review – Peter Dinklage woos to no avail in Joe Wright’s musical romance

Overegged direction and forgettable songs leave the ever great Dinklage and Sicily’s glorious scenery with too much work to do

The Guardian - UK

Why Dinklage is the "Cyrano" we need now

Joe Wright spoke so Salon about why he's drawn to the "fantasy of a period" film & how he updated a pivotal scene

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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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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Movie review: ‘Cyrano’ deserves more love than it’s gotten from Oscars

It’s perplexing.

Tribune News Service

'Cyrano' review: Peter Dinklage is the soaring heart of this somewhat flat musical adaptation

Sometimes you have the right actor in the right part, but the wrong movie. Such is the case with "Cyrano," Joe Wright's handsome musical version of Edmond Rostand's 19th-century play "Cyrano de Bergerac" (which has frequently been adapted for film; my favorite version being the 1987 Steve Martin comedy "Roxanne").…

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