Richard III

1995 104 min ★ 6.8 Drama, War

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.

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Cast

Ian McKellen

Richard III

Annette Bening

Queen Elizabeth

Jim Broadbent

The Duke of Buckingham

Robert Downey Jr.

Earl Rivers

Kristin Scott Thomas

Lady Anne

Adrian Dunbar

James Tyrrell

Maggie Smith

Duchess of York

Tim McInnerny

William Catesby

Edward Hardwicke

Lord Stanley

Nigel Hawthorne

The Duke of Clarence

Details

Director

Richard Loncraine

Screenplay

Ian McKellen

Tagline

"I can smile, and murder while I smile"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$2,748,518

Production

Mayfair Entertainment International, British Screen, United Artists, First Look Pictures, Bayly/Paré Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

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August 27, 2022

★ 4/10

Co-writers Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine (who also directs) set their Richard III in 1930s Britain, and make the infamous hunchback a fascist warmonger plotting to usurp the throne. Today's English monarchy is, at best, nominal, but even way back in the 1930s there wasn't much to be gained by usurping it. Then again, the film takes place in an alternate reality where the War of the Roses o...