Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.
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.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
10 Dec 2015
fresh:
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.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
10 Dec 2015
fresh:
"MacBeth" is serious business indeed, and in the hands of director Justin Kurzel, it becomes bloody serious business. Very bloody serious business.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
11 Dec 2015
fresh:
This screen adaptation of the famous Scottish play is very Scottish, very bloody and very clever, if inconsistently so.
– Kate Taylor,
Globe and Mail,
11 Dec 2015
rotten:
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?"