In Tudor England, Katherine Parr reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII. Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded or dead. Perceived as a threat by Henry's courtiers, they start to cast doubts about her fidelity and turn the increasingly paranoid king against her.
Firebrand is directed by Karim Aïnouz director of Invisible Life (2019), Mariner Of The Mountains (2020), Futuro Beach (2014) and a few others.
Really not much to say about Firebrand unfortunately, I appreciate it for trying a few different things but a lot of it is really holding it back from being anything particularly memorable.
Honestly the best thing about this movie are the performances Alicia Vikander is really solid here (although there is a bit more to be desired with her performance) and Jude Law's performance is sort of chaotic which doesn't make sense yet it does at the same time. In certain scenes he goes off the rails which I do think is some of the movie's better moments, there's one scene in particular that definitely feels straight out of a horror movie that I think Jude Law perfectly nailed.
The rest of the movie is fine enough historical drama that has great costume design and solid acting. The writing unfortunately is a bit of a mess that while it explores some neat ideas the movie itself really doesn't do anything with them. The last half does become a bit of a slog to sit through and ultimately really does not do much in the end.
At the very least this was better than Jeanne Du Barry
Firebrand is available on all VOD platforms.
5/10 C
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