
Variety
A Macbeth... that, for all its darkness of import, is light-spirited, fleet, and intoxicating.
Full reviewFilmmaker 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.
Playing with notions of cinema versus theatricality, Joel Coen's Shakespeare adaptation is a stylised vision of expressionist angst powered by fantastic performances.
A Macbeth... that, for all its darkness of import, is light-spirited, fleet, and intoxicating.
Full reviewDenzel Washington delivers one of the best performances of his career... but it’s Kathryn Hunter who gives this film its witchy magic.
Full reviewJoel Coen's stripped-down take... instantly secures its place among the most audacious modern screen adaptations of Shakespeare.
Full reviewThere'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.
Full reviewThe highly stylised aesthetic of the film - coupled with regretfully restrained performances - transform Macbeth into an all too tedious tragedy.
Full reviewThe Tragedy of Macbeth is pretty much just one phenomenal Denzel Washington performance...
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