‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ movie review: A thrilling tale on the corroding effect of unfettered ambition
The Hindu
Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington are riveting in Joel Coen’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy
Joel Coen’s choice of going solo with an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth has created a spare, sinewy tale of ambition, murder and guilt, stripped to its bare essentials of delicious iambic pentameter and gorgeous black-and-white frames.
The story follows the play. Macbeth (Denzel Washington), a brave and capable Scottish general, returns triumphant from routing the traitorous Thane of Cawdor. On the battlefield, Banquo (Bertie Carvel) and Macbeth meet three witches (Kathryn Hunter), who hail him as the Thane of Glamis (which he is), the Thane of Cawdor and the king. When King Duncan (Brendan Gleeson) bestows on him the title of the fallen Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Frances McDormand) wonder if the weird sisters’ prophesy about becoming king might also come true.
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