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===Critical response=== ''Henry V'' received near-universal critical acclaim for Branagh's Oscar-nominated performance and direction, for the accessibility of its Shakespearean language, and for its score by [[Patrick Doyle]]. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "{{Sic|Pehaps}} Kenneth Branagh's most fully realised Shakespeare adaptation, Henry V is an energetic, passionate, and wonderfully acted film."<ref name="RT">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1029042_henry_v |title=Henry V (1989) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |accessdate=30 November 2022 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a score of 83 out of 100, based on 17 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim".<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/henry-v Henry V]. ''[[Metacritic]]''. Retrieved 1 July 2019.</ref> ''Henry V'' also ranks #1 on the Rotten Tomatoes list of Greatest Shakespeare Movies, beating [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Ran (film)|Ran]]'' (1985) and Branagh's own version of ''[[Hamlet (1996 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1996), respectively ranking in second and third place.<ref name="Greatest">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/greatest_shakespeare_movies/1029042-henry_v/ |title=Greatest Shakespeare Movies |access-date=20 January 2012 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, praising Branagh's performance and writing, "There is no more stirring summons to arms in all of literature than Henry's speech to his troops on St. {{Sic|Crispan's}} Day, ending with the lyrical 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.' To deliver this speech successfully is to pass the acid test for anyone daring to perform the role of Henry V in public, and as Kenneth Branagh, as Henry, stood up on the dawn of the Battle of Agincourt and delivered the famous words, I was emotionally stirred even though I had heard them many times before. That is one test of a great Shakespearian actor: to take the familiar and make it new."<ref>{{cite web | date = 15 December 1989 | last =Ebert | first =Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert | title =Henry V | work =[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | url =https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/henry-v-1989 | access-date =27 October 2019 }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine also gave the film a positive review, calling ''Henry V'' "A stirring, gritty and enjoyable pic which offers a plethora of fine performances from some of the U.K.'s brightest talents."<ref>{{cite web | last =Variety Staff | title =Henry V | work =[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 31 December 1989 | url =https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117791604 | access-date =20 January 2012}}</ref>
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