Michael Fassbender sees a dagger before him as Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, self-fulfilling a prophecy to become King of Scotland by means of blood and betrayal. Co-stars Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth, who spurs her husband into action.
Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown was a devastating true-crime tale of poverty, rape and murder. So it’s no surprise he’d be drawn to Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy, or that the results would be bleaker than a Glaswegian dentists. The real head-scratcher is that anyone let him.
Full reviewFearsomely visceral and impeccably performed, it’s a brisk, bracing update, even as it remains exquisitely in period.
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Unseams the famous Shakespearean tragedy open from the nave to the chops, letting its insides spill out across the rock underfoot.
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It's a rough, primitive kingdom that Kurzel has built... It's great Shakespeare.
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This arresting adaptation of the most cinematic of Shakespeare's plays is as near to definitive as Roman Polanski's celebrated 1971 version.
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Inspired, innovative, stunning, with unforgettable performances and images, this is up there with the great screen Shakespeares.
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