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"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" - but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the - onscreen - murder of Duncan, to the electrifying final duel to the death (at each clash of metal on metal, and flesh on stone wall, Polanski cut a single frame of film, making the .. Read more

Starring	Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw
Director	Roman Polanski
Genres	Drama

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- The opening shot of a yellow, withering moonscape stretching away to infinity - revealed to be a desolate sea-shore... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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  Gritty but beautiful
  
  Polanski's Macbeth abandons the usual conceits of film adaptations of the Bard's work and goes for a gritty and realistic depiction of medieval Scotland... read more »
  
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  - GHL
  - 4 reviews
  - Ilkley
  - 25 Aug 2004 at 10:09
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- - 0
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  Dated and Disappointing
  
  I saw this film when it first came out, in the early 1970s, and was quite impressed with it then, but boy, has it dated! I showed a GCSE class the film recently... read more »
  
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- - esmerelda_11
  - 1 review
  - 28 Sep 2011 at 23:03
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  Really good version
  
  I have studied Macbeth, but not seen a film version of it before, and I was impressed. It stayed close to the play, but was really easy to understand, and grasp... read more »
  
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- - Juliette25
  - 14 reviews
  - Waterlooville
  - 16 Jun 2011 at 12:22
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  - 0
  MacCrud from Playboy
  
  This was one seriously badly acted; badly imagined film - the fight scenes bordered on the farcical and the witches failed to inspire any sort of dread - a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 28 Apr 2011 at 21:03
- - 1
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  POLANSKI RULES.....
  
  Forget that this is a Shakespeare movie and just revel in the gloomy gothiness of the story and the visuals. Jon Finch is excellent in this....and it's only... read more »
  
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- - ROTGUT
  - 15 reviews
  - Reading
  - 10 Feb 2010 at 17:20
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  - 0
  In the days before Disney…..
  
  I’m pretty sure that Playboy felt that lateral integration into the artistic psyche of the cultured male was a pretty shrewd investment. This assault on ... read more »
  
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- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 31 Oct 2009 at 14:31
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  polanskis macbeth.
  
  Atmospheric, Still holds up, Powerful . Good vehicle for the words of Shakespeare, and gives the story life. Big stuff.
  
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- - PresteignePerson
  - 1 review
  - Presteigne
  - 03 Jul 2009 at 20:22
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  Customer Review
  
  I found Polanski's film of Macbeth disappointing. Having seen the play a couple of times on stage, I was really looking forward to the perspective and ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Amazing
  
  This is a great movie, staying very close the actual play by Shakespear. I read Macbeth as part of English and was advised by my tutor to watch a Macbeth movie ... read more »
  
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- - Prayerman73
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 13 May 2008 at 18:55
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  in my humble Opinion....Quite Good
  
  One thing I am not is a big fan of Shakespeare. hoever I have always had a fascination for Macbeth, ever since seeing the Ian Mckellen/judy Dench version at ... read more »
  
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  - Hadfield, England
  - 31 Oct 2007 at 21:16
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  Good Viewing For GCSE Study
  
  Probably like many parents one of my children is studying Macbeth for GCSE this year so I thought I would get her a film version to watch. Seeing the long list ... read more »
  
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- - Bayleaf
  - 15 reviews
  - Bude, Cornwall
  - 20 Sep 2007 at 16:39
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- - 8
  - 0
  Gritty but beautiful
  
  Polanski's Macbeth abandons the usual conceits of film adaptations of the Bard's work and goes for a gritty and realistic depiction of medieval Scotland... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 15906
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - GHL
  - 4 reviews
  - Ilkley
  - 25 Aug 2004 at 10:09
- - 6
  - 2
  Shakespeare: an enduring fad
  
  Polanski’s MacBeth is a truly cinematic offering that draws new inspiration from Shakespeare’s text.
  
  MacBeth is told by three witches that ... read more »
  
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- - gordoncrombie
  - Manchester
  - 14 Jan 2004 at 16:40
- - 5
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  Great for school study review
  
  My son was studying this in English class so we rented the movie. From what he tells me it stays close to the original play script.. he felt it was an ... read more »
  
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- - KMcB
  - Derbyshire, England
  - 16 Jan 2005 at 11:35
- - 3
  - 1
  Excellent
  
  Firstly i am not impressed with the front cover of this DVD, a pretty desperate attempt to cash in on Martin Shaws continued popularity.
  
  The film ... read more »
  
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- - Micthetic
  - 103 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 28 Sep 2006 at 15:08
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  the scottish play
  
  best version i have seen of mcbeth polanski does an excellent job of directing one of shakespeares finest plays.worth a look.
  
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- - david campbell
  - troon ayrshire
  - 28 Jun 2005 at 18:38
- - 1
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  Great cinema; bad poetry
  
  Usually read as Polanski's response to the horrific murder of his wife at the hands of 'the Manson family', his 'Macbeth' is a suitably epic... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 24 Mar 2006 at 11:05
- - 1
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  One of the best
  
  One of the best film versions of Shakespeare. Remains true to text (as far as I can remember).
  
  Only the unneeded fight scene, which is, in fairness... read more »
  
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- - MichealCaine
  - 15 reviews
  - London
  - 26 Apr 2004 at 16:13
- - 1
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  The Best Film Adaptation of Macbeth
  
  I have watched quite a few and varied mix of versions of Macbeth, and this certainly has to be the best. The set, props, and costumes are very faithful to the ... read more »
  
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  - The Midlands, England
  - 17 Jan 2007 at 18:27
- - 1
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  Amazing
  
  This is a great movie, staying very close the actual play by Shakespear. I read Macbeth as part of English and was advised by my tutor to watch a Macbeth movie ... read more »
  
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- - Prayerman73
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 13 May 2008 at 18:55
- - 1
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  In the days before Disney…..
  
  I’m pretty sure that Playboy felt that lateral integration into the artistic psyche of the cultured male was a pretty shrewd investment. This assault on ... read more »
  
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- 826449
- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 31 Oct 2009 at 14:31

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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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  "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" - but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the - onscreen - murder of Duncan, to the electrifying final duel to the death (at each clash of metal on metal, and flesh on stone wall, Polanski cut a ...