Review of Looking for Richard (1996) by Nigel M — 26 Oct 2007

I haven't watched this in it entirety but my wife has and she says it's shit hot! If she says so then so it shall be.

This review of Looking for Richard (1996) was written by Nigel M on 26 Oct 2007.

Looking for Richard has generally received positive reviews.

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Al Pacino delves deeply into the works of William Shakespeare, specifically Richard III, and essentially created a Shakespeare for dummies…

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By Daniel V (622) on 20 May 2014

I have seen Richard III and read it and now after seeing this, I really wish they would do this for all of Shakespeare's plays/movies…

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Succeeds in giving us a greater appreciation for Shakespeare…

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A broad documentary on the artistic process as it relates to one of the most-performed plays of classic English literature…

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Looking for Richard is not pretty to look at and it has a clear lack of cohesion, but Al Pacino's passion translates where Shakespeare did…

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