The Tragedy of Macbeth | 2021

Name: The Tragedy of Macbeth | 2021 | Critics.com
Director: Joel Coen
Released: December 26, 2022
Rating: 4.5

Updated December 26, 2022

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Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s Scottish play. It is a tale of ambition, murder, ruthlessness and madness, but also about struggling with one’s conscience and accepting the inevitability of fate. Cast: Alex Hassell, Bertie Carvel, Brendan Gleeson, Corey Hawkins, Harry Melling, Miles Anderson, Matt Helm, Moses Ingram and Kathryn Hunter. Director: Joel Coen. [1:45 – R]

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“It’s remarkable. Everything about the film is, starting with Joel Coen’s direction…but hardly ending there. Washington’s performance, Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth, the stark and beautiful black-and-white cinematography (courtesy of Bruno Delbonnel), Carter Burwell’s horror-movie score — what a movie.”

– Bill Goodykoontz

“Coen transforms the play’s poetry into dialogue, spoken by actors who seem stranded with the task of merely delivering their lines. Coen sets out to normalize Shakespearean language, but he ends up going too far. His actors speak in conversational voices that, in spurning theatricality, also leave out nuanced expression.”

– Richard Brody

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Updated December 26, 2022

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“It’s remarkable. Everything about the film is, starting with Joel Coen’s direction…but hardly ending there. Washington’s performance, Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth, the stark and beautiful black-and-white cinematography (courtesy of Bruno Delbonnel), Carter Burwell’s horror-movie score — what a movie.”

– Bill Goodykoontz

“Coen transforms the play’s poetry into dialogue, spoken by actors who seem stranded with the task of merely delivering their lines. Coen sets out to normalize Shakespearean language, but he ends up going too far. His actors speak in conversational voices that, in spurning theatricality, also leave out nuanced expression.”

– Richard Brody

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Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s Scottish play. It is a tale of ambition, murder, ruthlessness and madness, but also about struggling with one’s conscience and accepting the inevitability of fate. Cast: Alex Hassell, Bertie Carvel, Brendan Gleeson, Corey Hawkins, Harry Melling, Miles Anderson, Matt Helm, Moses Ingram and Kathryn Hunter. Director: Joel Coen. [1:45 – R]

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