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• Wildaly M

  
  Bloody yet brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. One of the few film adaptations of Shakespeare that I've thoroughly enjoyed watching. Jon Finch was absolutely incredible as Macbeth. I also loved the actress who played Lady Macbeth. Highly recommended.

• AJ V

  
  In case you ever wondered what would happen if Polanski did a Shakespeare production, check out this movie, it's actually very cool. I loved it.

• Dean M

  
  The violent refelling of this classic story was commissioned and underwritten by publisher Hugh Hefner. I watched this William Shakespeare's tragedy tale when I was 17 with my old deaf class-mates for our English studies. Director Roman Polanski's 1971 film is grim yet… More
  The violent refelling of this classic story was commissioned and underwritten by publisher Hugh Hefner. I watched this William Shakespeare's tragedy tale when I was 17 with my old deaf class-mates for our English studies. Director Roman Polanski's 1971 film is grim yet compelling, this version of one of our great plays is not for everyone and contains scenes that make it objectionable for children (or squeamish adults).

• Pierluigi P

  
  The very real murder of Polanski's wife was the genesis of this ultra violent take on Shakespeare's finest play. A riveting spiral of hate, ambition and betrayal. great performance by Jon Finch.

• Lafe F

  
  Rich and thick as stew. A graphic introduction to Shakespeare in shocking display.

• Jeremy S

  
  Macbeth is creepy for all the wrong reasons. Roman Polanski real shows his genius turning into insanity with this appalling Shakespeare adaptation.

• Cameron J

  
  Hauntingly demented, Polanski's "Macbeth" is a very slow and underdeveloped film that still refuses to keep itself from being extremely and often times distractingly gratuitous in it's twistedly realistic violence and unnecessary nudity. However, Polanski does… More
  Hauntingly demented, Polanski's "Macbeth" is a very slow and underdeveloped film that still refuses to keep itself from being extremely and often times distractingly gratuitous in it's twistedly realistic violence and unnecessary nudity. However, Polanski does direct the film masterfully and his acting team puts on an excellent performance to add to this disturbing, yet compelling story. Ultimately, the film will most definately leave you shocked, yet perhaps just as fascinated.

• Mike T

  
  A blood-spattered, bold and utterly compelling adaptation. The performances are great, the atmosphere is undeniably strong and the direction is solid. This grim, violent masterpiece captures the tone of the play in a strikingly unique way.

• Ivan D

  
  Shakespeare's dialogues may not be that accessible in these days, but Roman Polanski's rendition of his play about ambition wrapped within madness and paranoia is quite simply a great piece of cinema to behold. It's great to hear the deep, flowery Shakesperean words,… More
  Shakespeare's dialogues may not be that accessible in these days, but Roman Polanski's rendition of his play about ambition wrapped within madness and paranoia is quite simply a great piece of cinema to behold. It's great to hear the deep, flowery Shakesperean words, but what makes this film much more than a screen adaptation of one of his works is how Polanski has made it: Full of imagery bordering insanity and nightmare, performances teetering between stagy rhetorics and tragedy personified, the pure green fields of Wales as the stage for the depressing sight of the lonesome Cawdor castle, and the painful, furious emotions seemingly incorporated by Polanski himself(wife Sharon Tate being murdered just years prior to the filming of this picture). Now, back to being "accessible", if I'm going to recommend a Shakespeare adaptation that can tell the story easily without the laborious chore of comprehending the playwright's complex language, then I'm going to say "Throne of Blood" by Akira Kurosawa, albeit it being set in feudal Japan. But if one wants to see the pure power of the play, heightened by a master filmmaker's great vision of Macbeth's slide into ruthless lunacy, then "thou shalt not look further". I do not know whether that came out sounding like one of the ten commandments, but there you go.

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