Rotten
Pacino is at least dynamic, something harder to say about the women in the cast.
David Rooney, Variety
Overview
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is Al Pacino's show, and thankfully his Shylock is absorbing enough to carry the day.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Rotten
It tilts so far in one direction that the comic elements seem to come from another, lesser film.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Fresh
Radford has rendered off the comedy to find the dramatic skeleton underneath. It is an approach that works stunningly well and is perhaps the only way the play can now be done.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
Fresh
A vivid, engrossing and defensible Shakespeare adaptation, a period piece that truly has a feel for a time long past -- and a place and attitude that are not.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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