Macbeth

"All hail Macbeth that shall be king"

2015 1h 53m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 1,553

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Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

“All hail Macbeth that shall be king”

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Cast

Michael Fassbender
Macbeth
Marion Cotillard
Lady Macbeth
Paddy Considine
Banquo
Sean Harris
Macduff
Jack Reynor
Malcolm
Elizabeth Debicki
Lady Macduff
David Thewlis
Duncan
David Hayman
Lennox

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Justin Kurzel
Writers: Michael Lesslie, Jacob Koskoff, Todd Louiso
Languages: English
Countries: France, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, United Kingdom.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Justin Kurzel, shot by Adam Arkapaw. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jed Kurzel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Chris Dickens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard and Paddy Considine carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "All hail Macbeth that shall be king".

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IMDB entry: tt2884018 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Justin Kurzel directs. Adam Arkapaw behind the camera. Jed Kurzel scores. Chris Dickens cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in France, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: France, United Kingdom.
3Directed by Justin Kurzel, shot by Adam Arkapaw. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jed Kurzel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Chris Dickens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard and Paddy Considine carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "All hail Macbeth that shall be king".
8IMDB entry: tt2884018 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Adam Arkapaw
Original score: Jed Kurzel
Editing: Chris Dickens
Production design: Fiona Crombie
Costume design: Jacqueline Durran
Makeup / hair: Kirsty Mcqueen
VFX supervisor: Rupert Davies
Sound: Markus Stemler
Stunt coordinator: Rob Inch
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $16,322,067
Return: 109% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Macbeth (2015)

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Andres Gomez2016-10-17
★ 6/10
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.
CinemaSerf2022-04-13
★ 6/10
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.