Bright Star is getting rave reviews, here are some that pay special attention to Miss Cornish.

From: NY Times

The movie really belongs to Brawne, played with mesmerizing vitality and heart-stopping grace by Abbie Cornish.

Ms. Cornish, an Australian actress whose previous films include Stop-Loss, Candy and Somersault, has, at 27, achieved a mixture of unguardedness and self-control matched by few actresses of any age or nationality. She’s as good as Kate Winslet, which is about as good as it’s possible to be.

From: EW

But Campion’s big-sisterly encouragement of Cornish’s lovely, openhearted performance — and Whishaw’s well-matched response — results in a character instantly, intimately recognizable to anyone remembering her own first love.

From: Rolling Stone

And Cornish is glorious, making Fanny a force of womanhood able to take on Brown (Schneider is a sharply witty irritant) when he tries to break the connection between her and her beloved. Cornish catches the fertile mind that Fanny poignantly tries to nurture, knowing she’ll grow closer to Keats by deciphering the words that possess him.

From: Buzz Sugar
The force that really carries the movie is Abbie Cornish’s portrayal of Fanny Brawne; the film belongs to her and her emotional portrayal of the girl left behind. She makes you feel every stage of her involvement with Keats, from crush to infatuation to heartbreak when she fears she’s been forgotten — and finally, to devastation when she loses her beloved to death. It’s almost unbelievable that Brawne was supposed to have been seen as a silly girl only interested in fashion and flirting, because Cornish plays her so earnestly and with so much depth.

From: San Fransisco Chronicle

When Brawne (Abbie Cornish) first meets Keats in 1818, she’s unimpressed but flirts with him anyway. Cornish and Whishaw bring off a quiet but considerable feat: They portray monumental emotions with barely a glance or a brush of skin. And as the plot demands more melodrama, they dish out swooning erotic malaise.