Review of Lady Macbeth (2016) by Gary Thompson for Philadelphia Daily News — 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 of the play to 1865 Russia. Like "Shanghai Knights," this film adaptation is a period drama, but the actions of the woman are faintly anachronistic — modern attitudes transplanted into 19th-century characters.
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This review of Lady Macbeth (2016) was written by Gary Thompson and published by Philadelphia Daily News on 24 Jul 2017.
Lady Macbeth has generally received positive reviews.
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