Review of Macbeth (2015) by Jean-Baptiste F — 02 Oct 2015

So they made a 2 hour film on Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and still managed to ignore the most interesting layers. Raw, hypnotic, flat and superficial.

This review of Macbeth (2015) was written by Jean-Baptiste F on 02 Oct 2015.

Macbeth has generally received positive reviews.

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