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By Bennett Campbell Ferguson (43) for Willamette Week (516) on 25 Jul 2017

Despite director William Oldroyd's vengeful flair and admirable exploration of the tale's racial fissures, Lady Macbeth is memorable mainly…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 24 Jul 2017

Lady Macbeth is a mash-up of a different sort — it’s not strictly Shakespeare, but based on a Nikolai Leskov novel that transplanted elements…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Jul 2017

It's smart about evil, especially about the way it tends to radiate…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 20 Jul 2017

If you do find yourself watching it for whatever reason, [Pugh's performance] is good enough to make you think, at least for a while, that…

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By Charles Taylor (365) for Newsweek (1,534) on 20 Jul 2017

It is so calculated that you can see every shock from 3 miles out, and if it weren't for cold cruelty, Lady Macbeth would have no life at all…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for BuzzFeed News (197) on 19 Jul 2017

A corrosive, intelligent costume drama from first-time director William Oldroyd…

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By Maia Silber (2) for Washington Post (9,851) on 19 Jul 2017

Oldroyd’s brilliance (and Pugh’s) is to probe this age-old archetype — the Gothic antiheroine, the adulteress — and find pathos and…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Jul 2017

Throughout Lady Macbeth we see Pugh's eyes, full of possibility and optimism at the outset, gradually darken. Even her breathing changes…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 19 Jul 2017

There's a twisted sense of logic to it, and that makes this story ... engaging -- even as the story follows that cruel logic to its inevitable result…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jul 2017

The endless scenes of women being barked at, beaten, and dehumanized make this an unlikely date movie, but they lay the ground for a mighty…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 19 Jul 2017

Lady Macbeth” is thus simple in the telling while leaving us with a lapful of thorns; it’s as sensual as a tryst and as wintry as a grave…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 19 Jul 2017

A bold, unsettling transposition of Leskov's grim take on a Shakespearean motif-a promising debut for its director and a stunning breakthrough…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 19 Jul 2017

In many ways Lady Macbeth is remarkable for what it isn’t. It isn’t a staid period drama. It isn’t romantic. It isn’t predictable…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 19 Jul 2017

well done with some fine twists...could even be considered as a unique film noir, because it has most of the characteristics…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Jul 2017

Barely 20 years old at the time of filming, Pugh has a surface poise and an inner turbulence, a capacity to command the screen with the spectacle…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 18 Jul 2017

Disturbing as it may be to audiences accustomed to genteel costumed dramas, Pugh's play-acting is an achievement to remember…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 18 Jul 2017

The climax is deflating and lets down a fabulously grey woods, heather and moors production design and the wicked promise contained in the…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 17 Jul 2017

Few movies this year will be more likely to molest your sleep…

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By April Wolfe (199) for Village Voice (8,525) on 16 Jul 2017

Pugh's and Ackie's performances here are electric and expressive, the former portraying ultimate power, the latter ultimate fear…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 14 Jul 2017

Lady Macbeth has the refined, pleasing trappings of a tasteful period piece with the vicious, beating heart of a brutal psychological thriller…

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