Macbeth
2015FranceLanguage: EnglishDirected by Justin Kurzel★ 6.4
Available in English: subtitled
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakbrutalhauntingmelancholiccold and detached
Pacing
slow burnescalatingmethodical
Story
warunravelingpursuitrebellion
Emotion
guiltall-consuming loveparanoiagrieffiguring out who you areshame
Themes
men and women navigating expectationslife under oppressionnational identityfamily wounds passed down
Feel
cerebralexhaustingquietly hauntingdiscussion startergut punch
Violence
graphic