# The 1985 movie masterpiece Judi Dench couldn’t be bothered watching: “I always am irritated”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1985-movie-masterpiece-judi-dench-couldnt-be-bothered-watching-i-always-am-irritated/
- Published: 2026-07-17T12:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-02T20:16:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/movie-masterpiece-judi-dench-couldnt-be-bothered-watching/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Judi Dench said irritation stopped her watching Ran.
- Ran is a 1985 Kurosawa classic.
- The film adapts Shakespeare’s King Lear.

## Summary

Judi Dench has said she was too irritated to watch Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 film Ran, despite its reputation as a masterpiece. Her comment highlights how even celebrated actors may react negatively to a film’s subject matter or style, regardless of its critical standing.

Ran is Kurosawa’s Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear and is widely regarded as one of cinema’s great epic dramas. The article provides little further context beyond Dench’s remark, but notes her irritation prevented her from engaging with the film.

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