the of Kenneth Brangh It is one of those faces that one recognizes among the large group of great British actors of his generation, such as Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie or Rowan Atkinson. But, on the other hand, he is an artist who has followed in the footsteps of his late compatriot Laurence Olivier in his narrative endeavors related to the flagship of English literature: the great William Shakespeare.
Till the date has adapted five of his plays from Henry Vpassing by Much ado About Nothing, Hamlet Y love’s labors lost until as you like; and even he has decided to play him in the last act, a film he has directed and stars in. But it must be said that, to begin with, fourteen of the nineteen that she has made are adaptations of famous texts, not only by the English bard, but also by Mary Shelley or Agatha Christie.
As for the cinematographic awards, they consider him but he has not received many; more as a director than as a performer. Of the eight nominations for the oscars of Kenneth Branagh, has obtained the best screenplay for Belfasta category in which he has also been awarded at the Golden Globes. While he has been able to take home five BAFTAs and a couple of awards at the Venice Film Festival, and has opted for the Palme d’Or at Cannes for Much ado About Nothing.
The opinion of specialized critics on the work of Kenneth Branagh
The numbers shown in the section of Rotten Tomatoes for the critics they are the following regarding the films of Kenneth Branagh, ordering them from best to worst:
- Henry V (1989): average mark of 8.2 out of 10 in 40 reviews.
- Hamlet (1996): mean of 8.1 in 56 reviews.
- Belfast (2021): average of 7.8 in 309 reviews.
- die yet (1991): mean of 7.3 in 48 reviews.
- Cinderella (2015): mean of 7.2 in 258 reviews.
- Much ado About Nothing (1993): mean of 7.1 in 49 reviews.
- In the raw of the raw winter (1995): mean of 7 in 26 reviews.
- Thor (2011): mean of 6.7 in 291 reviews.
- the last act (2018): mean of 6.6 in 141 reviews.
- Peter’s friends (1992): mean of 6.2 in 34 reviews.
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017): mean of 6.1 in 300 reviews.
- death on the nile (2022): mean of 5.9 in 260 reviews.
- The magic Flute (2006): mean of 5.6 in 23 reviews.
- Jack Ryan: Operation Shadow (2014): mean of 5.6 in 188 reviews.
- love’s labors lost (2000): mean of 5.5 in 67 reviews.
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994): mean of 5.5 in 48 reviews.
- The footprint (2007): mean of 5.2 in 123 reviews.
- as you like (2006): mean of 4.7 in 14 reviews.
- Artemis Fowl (2020): mean of 3.6 in 175 reviews.
Rotten Tomatoes moviegoers’ opinion
We go back to Rotten Tomatoesbut this time for the first ranking of Kenneth Branagh’s films as voted by its users:
- Belfast: half of 4.5 with more than 1,000 votes.
- Hamlet: half of 4.3 with more than 25,000 votes.
- Henry V: average mark of 4.3 out of 5 with more than 10,000 votes.
- In the raw of the raw winter: half of 4.2 with more than 500 votes.
- Much ado About Nothing: half of 4.1 with more than 50,000 votes.
- death on the nile: half of 4.1 with more than 2,500 votes.
- Cinderella: half of 3.9 with more than 50,000 votes.
- Peter’s friends: half of 3.9 with more than 5,000 votes.
- die yet: half of 3.8 with more than 10,000 votes.
- Thor: half of 3.8 with more than 100,000 votes.
- The magic Flute: half of 3.6 with more than 1,000 votes.
- the last act: half of 3.5 with more than 250 votes.
- Jack Ryan: Operation Shadow: half of 3.4 with more than 50,000 votes.
- Murder on the Orient Express: half of 3.3 with more than 25,000 votes.
- The footprint: half of 3.2 with more than 10,000 votes.
- as you like: half of 3.2 with more than 5,000 votes.
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: half of 3.2 with more than 50,000 votes.
- love’s labors lost: half of 3 with more than 2,500 votes.
- Artemis Fowl: half of 1.7 with more than 1,000 votes.
Opinion of IMDb moviegoers
On the other hand, these are the data that you also provide us IMDb on public opinion:
- Hamlet: average mark of 7.8 out of 10 with 37,815 votes.
- Henry V: half of 7.5 with 29,716 votes.
- Much ado About Nothing: half of 7.3 with 47,781 votes.
- Belfast: half of 7.3 with 53,558 votes.
- In the raw of the raw winter: half of 7.2 with 2,580 votes.
- Thor: half of 7 with 813,215 votes.
- Peter’s friends: half of 7 with 11,289 votes.
- Cinderella: half of 6.9 with 173,750 votes.
- die yet: half of 6.8 with 27,857 votes.
- The magic Flute: half of 6.5 with 1,239 votes.
- Murder on the Orient Express: half of 6.5 with 242,162 votes.
- The footprint: half of 6.4 with 31,627 votes.
- death on the nile: half of 6.4 with 70,441 votes.
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: half of 6.3 with 54,699 votes.
- the last act: half of 6.3 with 4,462 votes.
- Jack Ryan: Operation Shadow: half of 6.2 with 130,117 votes.
- as you like: half of 6.1 with 3,368 votes.
- love’s labors lost: half of 5.9 with 4,641 votes.
- Artemis Fowl: half of 4.2 with 27,293 votes.
FilmAffinity moviegoers’ opinion
And, to finish, here we have the information that it offers us FilmAffinity:
- Hamlet: average mark of 7.4 out of 10 with 8,118 votes.
- Much ado About Nothing: half of 7 with 16,882 votes.
- Peter’s friends: half of 7 with 10,859 votes.
- Henry V: half of 6.9 with 3,425 votes.
- Belfast: half of 6.8 with 7,632 votes.
- In the raw of the raw winter: half of 6.8 with 1,107 votes.
- die yet: half of 6.2 with 3,115 votes.
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: half of 6.2 with 16,864 votes.
- The magic Flute: half of 6.2 with 544 votes.
- the last act: half of 6 with 448 votes.
- love’s labors lost: half of 5.9 with 1,313 votes.
- death on the nile: half of 5.9 with 4,886 votes.
- Murder on the Orient Express: half of 5.8 with 23,129 votes.
- as you like: half of 5.6 with 316 votes.
- Thor: half of 5.6 with 60,947 votes.
- Cinderella: half of 5.5 with 13,416 votes.
- Jack Ryan: Operation Shadow: half of 5.3 with 8,446 votes.
- The footprint: half of 5.2 with 5,615 votes.
- Artemis Fowl: half of 3.8 with 1,615 votes.
Conclusions on the best and the worst of Kenneth Branagh
In the opinion of specialized critics, The best film Kenneth Branagh has directed is Henry V, his first film. In contrast, viewers who vote on Rotten Tomatoes prefer Belfastwhile those of IMDb and FilmAffinity coincide in choosing Hamlet.
And, regarding the least prominent of the Northern Irish director from among the nineteen feature films he has accumulated during his career behind the cameras to date, both analysts and moviegoers from the three platforms point to Artemis Fowland quite far from the rest.