Macbeth

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.

Cast

Michael Fassbender

as Macbeth

Marion Cotillard

as Lady Macbeth

Paddy Considine

as Banquo

Sean Harris

as Macduff

Jack Reynor

as Malcolm

Elizabeth Debicki

as Lady Macduff

David Thewlis

as Duncan

David Hayman

as Lennox

Maurice Roëves

as Menteith

Ross Anderson

as Rosse

Reviews

Andres Gomez

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 alm...

CinemaSerf

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 muc...

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