Variety
A Macbeth... that, for all its darkness of import, is light-spirited, fleet, and intoxicating.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
Filmmaker Joel Coen brings together fellow Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand for this new take on Shakespeare's classic tragedy—the tale of a Scottish lord who becomes obsessed with a prophecy depicting him as the next King of Scotland.
2021Rating: M, Mature themes and violence105 minsUSAA24
DramaWarHistoricalFestival & Independent
The Tragedy of Macbeth | Reviews
Playing with notions of cinema versus theatricality, Joel Coen's Shakespeare adaptation is a stylised vision of expressionist angst powered by fantastic performances.
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IndieWire
Denzel Washington delivers one of the best performances of his career... but it’s Kathryn Hunter who gives this film its witchy magic.
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Hollywood Reporter
Joel Coen's stripped-down take... instantly secures its place among the most audacious modern screen adaptations of Shakespeare.
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Entertainment Weekly
There's real resonant power in all that sound and fury - a tragedy stripped back and reborn but the essential truth of it undiminished, half a millennium on.
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Paste
The highly stylised aesthetic of the film - coupled with regretfully restrained performances - transform Macbeth into an all too tedious tragedy.
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Vulture
The Tragedy of Macbeth is pretty much just one phenomenal Denzel Washington performance...
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