The film’s point of view leaves you without elation, but the actors are so up that you feel their pride in working on true dramatic poetry.

| Sep 12, 2023

Branagh has made a hotblooded, lively and moving Henry V that speaks pertinently to a new generation.

| Jun 12, 2020

There is a great deal of value in Branagh`s version, not least in his own lead performance as a soft, indefinite Henry who defines himself over the course of the play.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 27, 2019

If Olivier gave us the glint of sunlight on armor and the wind roaring through the pennants and flags, Branagh gives us the rot, the mold, the wounds and the crusted blood underneath.

| Nov 27, 2019

There's a boldness to Branagh's Henry V, which shows off the cinematic possibilities of Shakespeare without a lot of distracting razzle-dazzle.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 4, 2015

A stirring, gritty and enjoyable pic which offers a plethora of fine performances from some of the U.K.'s brightest talents.

| Jul 1, 2008

It might never be as famous as Olivier's, but it should carry considerable clout for years to come.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 1, 2008

The cast -- including Derek Jacobi as the modern-dress chorus, Paul Scofield, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson, and Robbie Coltrane in an effective cameo as Falstaff -- is uniformly fine without any grandstanding.

| Jul 1, 2008

Branagh succeeds in his blunt, robust portrayal of the Soldier-King, hauling the film along in the wake of his own gung-ho performance.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 16, 2003

Mr. Branagh's Henry has psychological heft and intellectual weight.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 21, 2003

What works best in the film is the over-all vision.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Everything about this remarkable production is exhilaratingly unexpected.

| Jan 1, 2000

More questioning, more agonized, finally more humble.

| Jan 1, 2000

In this alert, rousing interpretation of Henry V, Branagh beats down the doors of high art and drags the sleeping bard into the light of modern day.

| Jan 1, 2000