'The original Rostand play is quite an intellectual proposition,' Wright points out. Haley Bennett stars as Roxane, the object of Cyrano's affections Schmidt, who has also written the film's screenplay, reimagined Cyrano as a man with dwarfism and enlisted her husband, Dinklage, to play the leading role. The film is adapted from a musical version of the famous story written and directed by Erica Schmidt, which played off-Broadway in 2018. Costumes are a standout, though I took serious issue with the brightly lit, almost soap opera quality of the cinematography.' Dinklage is so intelligent, funny & deeply empathetic. However, Next Best Picture's Matt Neglia said: 'Cyrano is so unabashedly romantic that it certainly won't work for everyone. 'His Cyrano allows him to confront the insecurities that come with any physical difference more candidly than ever before,' added IndieWire's David Ehrlich. 'Dinklage's diminutive stature serves the same purpose the character's oversize schnoz originally did, lending Cyrano an outsider quality that he must overcompensate for in personality,' said Variety's Peter Debruge. 'Although Cyrano has been played by way too many actors to count over the years, Dinklage makes it so fresh, so alive, and so potent it feels like we are seeing Cyrano depicted for the very first time, wrote Deadline's Pete Hammond.

Joe Wright, pictured in 2018, has previously directed Atonement, Darkest Hour and 2005's Pride and PrejudiceДinklage, who has a form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, has been widely praised for his performance by critics who saw an early screening of the film at the Telluride festival in September.

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