Bright Star is a 2009 biographical romantic drama film, written and directed by Jane Campion.

It is based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish).

Campion's screenplay was inspired by a 1997 biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant.

It is only after Fanny receives a valentine card from Brown that Keats passionately confronts them and asks if they are lovers.

Brown sent the valentine in jest, but warns Keats that Fanny is a mere flirt playing a game.

The Dilkes move to Westminster in the spring, leaving the Brawne family their half of the house and six months rent.

After Brown impregnates a maid and is unable to accompany him, Keats finds accommodation in London for the summer, and is later taken in by the Brawne family following an attack of his illness.

It is there that she recites the love sonnet that he had written for her, called "Bright Star", as she grieves the death of her lover.

In addition to "Bright Star" several other poems are recited in the film, including "La Belle Dame sans Merci" and "Ode to a Nightingale".

The website's critical consensus states, "Jane Campion's direction is as refined as her screenplay, and she gets the most out of her cast – especially Abbie Cornish – in this understated period drama.

"[9] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Craig Mathieson stated in the same review that Bright Star is Jane Campion's "best work since The Piano, her epochal 1993 masterpiece.