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Macbeth

2006 1h 49m Drama Mystery & Thriller List
49% Tomatometer 43 Reviews 35% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Set in the present in Melbourne, Australia, a power struggle takes place among gangsters. Read More Read Less
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A new take on Macbeth relies too heavily on nudity and violence, and ends up looking like a campy 1970s horror movie.

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Cliff Doerksen Time Out Something weakened this way comes, you could say. Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Jeff Shannon Seattle Times The play's power has been diluted by questionable editing, an overload of blandly stylized violence and the conspicuous suspicion that this whole thing is the predictable result of catering to base commercial instincts. Rated: 2/4 Jan 14, 2008 Full Review David Fear Time Out Something weakened this way comes, you could say. Rated: 2/6 Aug 16, 2007 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Subtle it is not, yet it has its finger on the pulse of what really makes this classic play appealing to the masses. It's violent, it's energetic, and it's tremendous fun. Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Evan Henerson Los Angeles Daily News Grunge and slickness substitute for eeriness or any hint of psychological terror. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 27, 2007 Full Review Peter Sobczynski eFilmCritic.com By the prickling of my thumbs/Something crappy this way comes Rated: 1/5 Jul 13, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member a retelling of an old tale, different, I hope they go back to the editing room, the pace was off. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Macbeth not only fails to successfully update Shakespeare's play to a contemporary but also fails to be a good movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Polanski's is still the best. Nice to hear Shakespeare without a stuffy RP accent, but the performances are pretty mediocre across the board. That said, it does have probably the best ever visual treatment of Macbeth's "dagger of the mind." Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member The film uses Shakespearean language but it doesn't seem to quite work for this modern adaptation where other have succeeded. The film is too much focused on shooting and awkward monologues and it just doesn't cut it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member It was ok until about the last 45 minutes then it lost me. I know the play and I get that they were drug lords but I think the whole cop thing could have gone without. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member While not a disaster, the actors aren't that good and the modern setting doesn't play well with the play, or it's lines for that matter, at all. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Set in the present in Melbourne, Australia, a power struggle takes place among gangsters.
Director
Geoffrey Wright
Producer
Martin Fabinyi
Screenwriter
Victoria Hill, Geoffrey Wright
Production Co
Film Victoria, Mushroom Pictures
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 25, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.6K
Runtime
1h 49m