The Visual Histrionics of <em>Cyrano</em>

Every Joe Wright movie, for better or worse, is brimming with theatricality. The British director has tackled literary adaptations (, , ), true-story dramas (,), and action-adventure (,) in his surprising and varied career. Regardless of genre, he’s not a filmmaker who strives for grounded realism. Many of his painterly sets seem ready to burst off the screen, his characters deliver thunderous monologues as though they’re having normal conversations, and his, but I appreciate Wright’s tendency toward visual histrionics, a pattern he maintains for his latest effort, .