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Perhaps less than the sum of its parts, Othello is still highly entertaining, and features excellent performances from Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh.
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A highly engaging attempt at Shakespeare's most domestic tragedy. January 26, 2006 | Full Review…
A highly engaging attempt at Shakespeare's most domestic tragedy.
Anna Smith
Mr. Branagh's superb performance...guarantees this film an immediacy that any audience will understand. May 20, 2003
Mr. Branagh's superb performance...guarantees this film an immediacy that any audience will understand.
Janet Maslin
Davies has done an admirable job of condensing the sprawling action. October 15, 2002
Davies has done an admirable job of condensing the sprawling action.
Parker has shown how involving and moving Shakespeare can still be on the screen. February 13, 2001 | Full Review…
Parker has shown how involving and moving Shakespeare can still be on the screen.
Kevin Thomas
Parker, whose screenplay strips down the original play, merely produces a lackluster essence. January 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Parker, whose screenplay strips down the original play, merely produces a lackluster essence.
Desson Thomson
... Will not give its viewers much of an idea of the Shakespeare play, and may inadvertently give them other ideas, about interracial love, that were not much on Shakespeare's mind. January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
... Will not give its viewers much of an idea of the Shakespeare play, and may inadvertently give them other ideas, about interracial love, that were not much on Shakespeare's mind.
Roger Ebert
Like its hero, Oliver Parker's Othello starts mightily -- resplendent and captivating -- before crumpling under the weight of misguided choices and self-delusion. December 7, 2017 | Full Review…
Like its hero, Oliver Parker's Othello starts mightily -- resplendent and captivating -- before crumpling under the weight of misguided choices and self-delusion.
Quentin Curtis
Laurence Fishburne is an actor of no little talent, but he lacks Othello's martial bearing and heroic stature. July 3, 2008 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Laurence Fishburne is an actor of no little talent, but he lacks Othello's martial bearing and heroic stature.
Branagh, as Iago, is so obviously the best thing in this largely uninteresting interpretation that you feel sorry for him when he inevitably bites the big one. July 3, 2008 | Full Review…
Branagh, as Iago, is so obviously the best thing in this largely uninteresting interpretation that you feel sorry for him when he inevitably bites the big one.
A decent but not great version that makes Shakespeare's reliable play accessible, but the acting is uneven: Branagh is witty as Iago, Fishburne looks but doesn't sound right, and Jacob is pale as Desdemona. March 16, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
A decent but not great version that makes Shakespeare's reliable play accessible, but the acting is uneven: Branagh is witty as Iago, Fishburne looks but doesn't sound right, and Jacob is pale as Desdemona.
Emanuel Levy
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