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Macbeth

- All hail Macbeth that shall be king

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.

Release Date : 2015-09-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Anton Capital EntertainmentSee-Saw FilmsCreative ScotlandDMC FilmFilm4 ProductionsStudioCanalThe Weinstein Company

Production Country : FranceUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Macbeth

Original Name : Michael Fassbender

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Macbeth

Original Name : Marion Cotillard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Banquo

Original Name : Paddy Considine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macduff

Original Name : Sean Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malcolm

Original Name : Jack Reynor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Macduff

Original Name : Elizabeth Debicki

Gender : Female

Character Name : Duncan

Original Name : David Thewlis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lennox

Original Name : David Hayman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Menteith

Original Name : Maurice Roëves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosse

Original Name : Ross Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angus

Original Name : James Harkness

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macbeth Child

Original Name : Jack Madigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macbeth Child

Original Name : Frank Madigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fleance

Original Name : Lochlann Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Witch

Original Name : Kayla Fallon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Middle-Aged Witch

Original Name : Lynn Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Older Witch

Original Name : Seylan Baxter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Child Witch

Original Name : Amber Rissmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Boy Soldier

Original Name : Scot Greenan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macdonwald

Original Name : Hilton McRae

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thane of Cawdor

Original Name : Brian Nickels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seyton

Original Name : Scott Dymond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ghost Soldier

Original Name : Andrew Gourlay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macduff Child 1

Original Name : Eleanor Stagg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macduff Child 2

Original Name : William Stagg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macduff Child 3

Original Name : Matthew Stagg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maidservant

Original Name : Rebecca Benson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Messenger

Original Name : Gerard Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Roy Sampson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Masked Attacker

Original Name : Phil Lonergan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thane

Original Name : Barrie Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macbeth Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert J. Fraser

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

The directing and the photography are very good. The use of the color, the smoke and fog and the speed of the camera are very well chosen. Fassbender gives a very good performance, but it swallows everybody else in the movie. What I don't like that much of this version is that Lady Macbeth almost fades away. Her character is not as important as it should be and, in the end, everything is expected and everything becomes a bit boring.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-13

The thing about this play is that it is almost impossible to distil it down to two hours. Like most of Shakespeare's tragedies, there is immense richness in the language; in the pace the story develops; in the nuanced characterisations and in the imagery. Sure, the medium can reduce the need for much of the more descriptive narrative but it still takes time for the plotting and scheming; the menace and the power lust to percolate through. Now this isn't a terrible interpretation. Michael Fassbender is reasonable as the ambitious Thane of Glamis. He is informed by three witches after a battle that his accession to King Duncan's throne is assured, and together with his equally determined wife (Marion Cotillard) he sets about expediting that process. Not everyone believes his feigned innocence though, and that means he has to start removing his detractors - not least Banquo (Paddy Considine) and the late king's son Malcolm (an oddly cast Jack Raynor), and it's at this point that their cunning plan begins to unravel. The film looks great, the soundtrack is eerie and effective and the costumes, scenery and lighting really do help to convey something of the real Scottish environment; but again the absence of many significant plot lines - the caveats with the witches' initial prophecy, for example, rob the storyline of much of it's complex potency. The character of Lady Macbeth is underused as an underpinning motivation for her husband's actions and essentially we are just left with a rather straightforward story of power-hungry murder. It is worth watching, but it is also underwhelming.