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The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 2 (2012)
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Information
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 121 min.
- Director
- Richard Eyre
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Rating *
- 8.0
- Votes *
- 789
- Checks
- 120
- Favs
- 11
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 9.2% (1:11)
- Favs/dislikes
- 11:0
Top comments
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Siskoid
It always felt to me that, even if there are some standout moments, Henry IV Part II is all epilogue. So any adaptation really needs to be laser focused to make it work properly. The Hollow Crown's falls short of that, though Tom Hiddleston tracks Prince Hal's transformation from truant to heir imminent well enough. It's just that the play, as written, is more about Falstaff than anyone else, but here seems to be trapped in a comic subplot that detracts from the main action. It takes a steady hand to engineer the right balance between Hal's loss of two fathers, but perhaps a series called "The Hollow Crown" needs to pitch one way rather than yaw the other. Both those moments are great, however. Hal's taking on the crown while his father is at death's door is the stand-out, until Falstaff pathetically walks in on the coronation ceremony and gets rejected, like Christ by St. Peter. Thinking on the two parts together, Simon Russell Beale was an amazing and layered Falstaff, and we should be sorry to see him go. 3 years 5 months ago