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Macbeth

1971

Roman Polanski

Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Nicholas Selby ...

6.9

1,920

Drama Roman Polanski's version of Shakespeare's tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king's son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

	Author	Review
United States	Frances Herridge New York Post	"Brought vividly, handsomely, excitingly to life by Roman Polanski! One film that should be a must!"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This is an original film by an original film artist, and not an 'interpretation' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Variety	"The players are very good, though Jon Finch’s Macbeth is a serious weakness. Does Polanski’s 'Macbeth' work? Not especially, but it was an admirable try"	NEU
United States	Roger Greenspun The New York Times	"I think it represents excellent Shakespearean moviemaking, a real interpretation of the text on the part of Polanski and his co‐scenarist Kenneth Tynan"	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"Of all the filmed versions of the Scottish Play, Roman Polanski’s 1971 film preserves its horror with the purest simplicity (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The relative weakness is that Polanski's evident desire to elicit understated, naturalistic performances from his cast also underplays the poetry of the play"	NEU
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Given this emphasis on brutality, it’s easy to overlook how sophisticated Polanski’s 'Macbeth' is in other respects"	POS

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