Vincent Canby: Henry V (1989) – ein bodenständiger „Henry V“ legt Spektakel und Pomp ab. In: The New York Times. 8. November 1989, abgerufen am 23. Juni 2008 (englisch): „Mr. Branagh has made a fine, rousing new English film adaptation […], a movie that need not apologize to Laurence Olivier’s 1944 classic. […] acted by the mostly superlative actors. / complex nature of the ambitious young Henry […] It’s a tougher text than Olivier’s. […] Shakespeare without propaganda“
rogerebert.com
Roger Ebert: Henry V. rogerebert.com, 15. Dezember 1989, abgerufen am 23. Juni 2008 (englisch): „One of the wonders of Shakespeare’s prose is that, spoken by actors who understand the meaning of the words, it is almost as comprehensible today as when it was first written. […] Branagh has made quite a film here. […] Branagh is able to see himself as a king, and so we can see him as one.“
spiegel.de
Angela Gatterburg: Karrierekönig. In: Der Spiegel. Nr.52, 1990, S.172 (online). Zitat: „Branagh hat von den großen Shakespeare-Verfilmern Kurosawa und Welles genug gelernt, […]“
