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Macbeth (2015)
Driving by his lust for power and the say of the three witches who told him that he is going to be the ruler, Macbeth, a young courageous and ambitious warrior, who does his work well and gains the trust of the ruler, betrays the king, by killing him and taking the throne, but he does not live to profit from that betrayal, as he has been killed.
28 December 1949, Dundee, Scotland, UK
23 January 1992, Longmont, Colorado, USA
30 September 1975, Paris, France
24 August 1990, Paris, France
20 March 1963, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
1944, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
December 10, 2015
The fundamental problem with this "Macbeth" is that it insists on reducing the mystery of motivation to the pop psychology of a magazine article.
December 10, 2015
All blood and ice, a stirring, unflinching retelling of Shakespeare's tale of a Scottish thane, his ambitious wife and a terrible deed that haunts them, leaving their hands forever stained.
June 16, 2016
Too many witches spoil the psychological broth
July 19, 2016
What's especially stunning about this assured adaptation is that it's Kurzel's second feature, after the stomach-turning Snowtown.
July 31, 2016
As far as justifying yet another version of "Macbeth" to the Brothers Weinstein goes, this ain't a half bad way to do it.
December 11, 2015
This screen adaptation of the famous Scottish play is very Scottish, very bloody and very clever, if inconsistently so.
July 14, 2016
You've probably never seen The Scottish Play done quite like this.
December 11, 2015
"MacBeth" is serious business indeed, and in the hands of director Justin Kurzel, it becomes bloody serious business. Very bloody serious business.
December 10, 2015
It stars Michael Fassbender as the murderous general of infamy and Marion Cotillard as his complicit wife. Two of the world's finest actors, they make a magnetic pair.
December 11, 2015
Director Justin Kurzel seems to have set out to answer the question, "What if the supremely ambitious Thane of Glamis (played here by Michael Fassbender) was a druggie?"
August 16, 2016
It screws the viewer's courage to the sticking-place, forcing them to look into corners of themselves they would rather not peer.