Review of Titus (1999) by Gürkan T — 01 Jul 2008

Beware of Titus' revenge! An interesting adaptation...

This review of Titus (1999) was written by Gürkan T on 01 Jul 2008.

Titus has generally received positive reviews.

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By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 29 Sep 2013

audaciously steps outside of the tradition when it comes to film adaptations of the bard's works, but it also does so much more: notably,…

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By Paula B (102) on 21 Oct 2012

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By Tsubaki S (265) on 22 Oct 2011

Messed up! I wonder why we never read this in school....? aaahahaha! Strange mix of old world and modern- not sure how I feel about it…

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By Carlos G (595) on 13 Jun 2011

Am Anfang denkt man sich noch: Oh nein, geht jetzt der ganze Film in Versen…

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By James K (1,238) on 10 Nov 2013

Shakespeare for the Tarantino generation: Julie Taymor's adaption of Shakespeare's epic tragedy is done on a grand scale, the capitol of Rome…

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By Ernest Hardy (466) for Film.com (1,892) on 09 Feb 2013

An often gorgeous, dizzying assault of ideas and visual flourishes...it's just not very good…

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By Daniel C (1,809) on 28 Aug 2011

Beautiful, amazing, awesome, and bloody. Put together very well! My favorite shakespeare play and one of my favorite moves! A must see…

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By Kiarash Z (8) on 21 Feb 2012

Drop the horrible jazzy music and pointless flashes of modernization, and this is a powerful, gripping, terrifying tale…

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By Casey T (138) on 25 Jun 2011

Kind of crazy looking when you first watch it, but once you get over the unusual mix of period props and costumes it is pretty good…

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