Macbeth 1948

Critics score:
87 / 100

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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: There is force in this rough, hasty rendering; the sheer speed of the pacing gives it a quality of crushing delirium. Read more

Steve Daly, Entertainment Weekly: Stark, intermittently brilliant. Read more

TIME Magazine: Wonder-Boy Welles has an imaginative way with a camera. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Adventurous film-making that takes risks, and full of imaginative flourishes. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Only a few of the Bard's best lines are audible. The rest are lost in strained, dialectic gibbering that is only sound, not prose. Read more

Elliott Stein, Village Voice: One of the director's most personal creations, it's a courageous experiment with a craggy barbaric splendor all its own. Read more