The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

  • Released: 2021-12-25
  • Runtime: 105 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Thrillers, War
  • Stars: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Brendan Gleeson, Corey Hawkins, Moses Ingram, Harry Melling, Ralph Ineson, Alex Hassell, Brian Thompson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Miles Anderson, Max Baker, James Udom, Ethan Hutchison, Jacob McCarthy, Matt Helm, Scott Subiono, Lucas Barker, Nancy Daly, Robert Gilbert, Richard Short, Kathryn Hunter, T.K. Weaver, Kayden Alexander Koshelev, Wayne T. Carr, Edward Headington, Tim Oakes, Peter Janov, Madison Randolph, Phil DiGennaro, Bertie Carvel, Stephen Root, Jefferson Mays, Olivia Washington, Susan James Berger, Ledger Fuller
  • Director: Joel Coen
 Comments
  • Bernie4444 - 18 April 2024
    Not just any black Macbeth but Denzel Washington. Denzel does surprisingly well in this presentation.
    This version of Macbeth is not one of those forced iambic pentameter on some twenty-first-century drug addict bastardization. However, some scenes show a tad of German expressionism. This is minimalist in general but not always. Lots of CGI crows tell a story in themselves.

    Kathryn Hunter gets to be all three disjointed witches once again making sure that this is a unique witchy scene.

    If you are looking for color you can forget it. Yet being in black and white you can see many things that would have been lost in the forest of color. Do you think that they had Orson Wells in mind?

    The other actors hold their own with not one clinker in the cast. And what you are waiting to read is that this movie is Joel Coen as much as Shakespeare.

    And after watching this you will be going around saying "Out damned spot! Out I say."
  • martinpersson97 - 24 June 2023
    Grim and artistic retelling of the legend
    Macbeth is, of course, one or Shakespeare's classics and a story recounted time and time again.

    This time one (not both) of the Coen brothers are at the helm, and it is truly an authentic and very artistic piece that conveys the tragedies of the original play beautifully, yet also adding its own flair to the mix.

    The actors all do an incredible job, and the cinematography is truly unique and very characteristic of the director.

    It is truly a recommended film for any fans of film, and of the Coen brothers. Seldom has the story of Macbeth been told in such a unique and artistic fashion.

    An incredible masterpiece to be sure!