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Titus (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 73

Fresh: 50

Rotten:23

Average Rating: 6.5/10

Consensus: The movie stretches too long to be entertaining despite a strong cast.

Runtime: 2 hrs 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (one of the Bard's lesser-known and most gruesome works), director Taymor (Broadway's The Lion King) brings this adaptation to life with dazzling imagery and... Based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (one of the Bard's lesser-known and most gruesome works), director Taymor (Broadway's The Lion King) brings this adaptation to life with dazzling imagery and haunting immediacy.

Titus (Hopkins) is a victorious Roman general who makes two mistakes: supporting the wily Saturninus (Cumming) as the new Emperor, and wronging Tamora, Queen of the Goths (Lange), by killing her eldest son. Murder follows murder as the tides of fate change, as Tamora is aided by her two reckless sons and her Moor lover, Aaron (Lennix). The body count is raised higher and higher until Titus finally holds a very special dinner banquet.

Taymor's bold visual sense verges on absurdity, but her sense of morality, as well as powerful acting by Hopkins and company, combine to tell a powerful, violent tale. [More]

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Harry J. Lennix, Alan Cumming

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Harry J. Lennix, Alan Cumming, Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Laura Fraser, Angus MacFadyen, Colm Feore, James Frain, Blake Ritson

Director: Julie Taymor

Director: Julie Taymor
Screenwriter: Julie Taymor
Story: William Shakespeare
Producer: Conchita Airoldi, Julie Taymor, Jody Patton
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal

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Apr 18, 2006

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Bob Grimm
Sacramento News & Review

A conditional victory.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/17/08
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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This may just be the most striking and unsettling translation of Shakespeare ever committed to film.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
03/26/08
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It's hard to see it matching the success of other recent adaptations of the Bard.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Keith H. Brown
Eye for Film

At once mesmerizing and jarring to the point that the audience can never get comfortable in the film.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

A consistently absorbing entertainment that never becomes either campy or facetious, given its inescapable exaggerations.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
04/27/07
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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A striking addition to the Shakespeare filmography.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

It's amazing how enjoyable Shakespeare can be when Kenneth Branagh isn't involved.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Ron Wells
Film Threat

Hopkins unwisely echoes his performance as Hannibal Lecter, but Lange rises to the occasion with a mesmerizingly in-your-face portrait of mother love gone haywire.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/05
Houston Chronicle
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A true pleasure and a surprise.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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Tecnicamente brilhante, esta inventiva adaptação traz ótimas atuações - com exceção de Cumming, que parece estar ensaiando para um revival de Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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02/07/04
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The real star of the show is Lange.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Along with everything else, the acting styles here clash, though the dissonance serves the drama's bellicose theme.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
04/25/03
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Eager to allow Shakespeare's words to shine through as clearly as possible, Taymor shoots the dialogue scenes fairly straight, with a minimum of background action.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
12/02/02
John Wrathall
Sight and Sound

Adds a wicked grin to the proceedings.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/25/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Taymor manages to play with images and music as effectively as Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet or McKellan's Richard III, yet weaves a tale so powerful and stark that it leave you breathless.

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05/31/02
David Poland
Hot Button

Relentless, brutal and equally witty...

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/03/02
Paula Nechak
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A grim meditation on the enthralling power of violence.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/05/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

...si esperan una versión de Shakespeare "alternativa" busquen algo light, como Romeo+Julieta, el remake relativamente reciente, pues Titus no se anda con rodeos.

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
02/14/02
Alex Ramirez
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