Keira Knightley's stage debut gets a good panning from critics

Oh dear, Keira Knightley's stage debut has been roundly panned by critics.

Despite all the initial excitement of her opening night in The Missanthrope, reviews have been mixed at best, with the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts describing her as having 'all the charisma of a serviceably goldfish.'

He added: 'Keira Knightley may be one of 21st century cinema's revered objects, but on stage she proves little better than adequate.'

Keira had already expressed fears that she'd be 'burned alive by critics. In a recent interview with the BBC, she said: , 'I'm not coming into it with any great expectations of coming away with great reviews. I thought if I don't do theatre right now, I think I'm going to start being too terrified to do it. So I just thought, okay, dive in and give it a go.'


Well, I guess she gets points for giving it a whirl...

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Comments

The Daily mail is a tabloid that hates Keira with a passion, because she's sued them, won and they were forced to apologize to her. Since then, they've held a grudge. So, I wouldn't give Lett's review too much credence. Other reviewers, like the BBC and the Independent have given her very good reviews.

Posted by: Edward | December 21, 2009 6:45 AM

Whoever wrote this garbage is an idiot. Have you actually READ some of the reviews? Or do you just post out of your ass?

The Independent, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, the Daily Telegraph and the BBC all gave pretty positive reviews, in some cases raved about her portrayal of Jennifer in the Misanthrope. Hell even Variety,gave her pretty decent marks.

The Daily mail which is a hack tabloid BS news source only gave her bad marks because she sued them a few years ago. And won might I add.

Here is a quote by the Independent, one of Britain's major papers:

"So it's a tonic to report that Knightley finesses all this ethical fussing by turning in a performance that is not only strikingly convincing but, at times, rather thrilling in its satiric aplomb."

Mixed my ass. If anything she's been garnering generally positive reviews from her performances. At least for a first timer on stage, she shows that she can do both. And with more experience, she'll get even better.

Posted by: James | December 21, 2009 8:28 AM

So I’ve read what this so called “news writer” had to say and frankly I think it’s quite laughable at what this lamewad had to say. So I felt the need to properly dissect this lump of turd and give it a proper go ahead.
“Oh dear, Keira Knightley's stage debut has been roundly panned by critics.”
So at the first sentence, this moron already decided to dismiss every other review and only focus on ONE initial review from one of the most unreliable source when it comes to news, reviews or…anything in general. This isn’t so much news reporting as it is tabloid journalism. Which is the farthest thing from news.
“Despite all the initial excitement of her opening night in The Missanthrope, reviews have been mixed at best, with the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts describing her as having 'all the charisma of a serviceably goldfish.”
Mixed at best implies that some liked it some don’t. If anything the praises have been generally positive, I believe that the poster above me has provided more than adequate examples.

Posted by: Jorry | January 13, 2010 5:52 PM