Cyrano gets a modern makeover

Roxanne review

Rated - 4.0 stars

By 8Katie88 from York Avatar image

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Roxanne

Director Fred Schepisi
Genres Comedy
Run time 102 mins Certificate 15

29th May 2010

Well, it lacks the emotional gravity of the play. Steve Martin takes an old classic and converts it into something with his own comedic twist. It's funny and well worth watching in comparison with the Cyrano de Bergerac films. The nose monologue is still delightful.

About the reviewer: 8Katie88

Currently at the University of York. I joined LoveFilm in order to catch up on all the films I should have seen by now. FAVOURITE ACTORS: Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Daniel Day Lewis, Lena Olin, Zach Braff, Antony Hopkins, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Spacey, Christian Bale, Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery, Judi Dench, Juliette Binoche, Michael Caine, Emile Hirsch, Nicole KIdman, Colin Farrel, Simon Pegg, Ewan Mcgregor, Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Sharon Stone, Renee Zellweger, Pierce Brosnan, Paul Rudd, Robert Pattinson, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Vivian Wu, Grace Kelly, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo, Bill Bailey. FAVOURITE DIRECTORS: Philip Kaufman, Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Sam Mendes, Christopher Nolan, Clint Eastwood, Richard Curtis, Edgar Wright, James Cameron, Lasse Hallstrom, Paul Verhoeven,Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinski, Richard Attenborough, Federico Fellini, George Cukor, Walt Disney, Terry Gilliam, Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Minghella, Billy Wilder, Baz Luhrmann

Titles rented: 57

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