To an astonishing degree, O gets the tragic Shakespeare mood, that somber stentorian passion born of hidden slivers of ambition and betrayal.Read Full Review »
A good film for most of the way, and then a powerful film at the end, when, in the traditional Shakespearean manner, all of the plot threads come together, the victims are killed, the survivors mourn, and life goes on.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Essential to the success it manages is Hartnett's low-key, charismatic performance -- cool, withholding, compelling. The triumph of his insinuating Hugo/Iago is how plausible he is, how he manages to convincingly inject poison in so many minds without seeming to be trying.Read Full Review »
63
Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Stripped of its poetry, some of the devices of the tragedy of the Moor come off here as woefully contrived.Read Full Review »
63
Boston Globe: Jay Carr
The film collapses under the weight of the effort to shoehorn Shakespeare's story into a context that ultimately doesn't accommodate it.Read Full Review »
50
Washington Post: Desson Thomson
A fairly ordinary drama about young love, basketball, petty jealousy and high school politics. The movie also has one of the goofiest, over-the-top finales in recent memory.Read Full Review »
50
Washington Post: Rita Kempley
Everything has been modernized except for the characters, and that's this movie's tragic flaw.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
The actors attack their roles with commitment (Hartnett’s understatement is impressive), but their fervor can’t hide the movie’s implausible, often confusing storytelling.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Schickel
On your already groaning Shakespeare for Teens video shelf, stack this one above "10 Things I Hate About You" (a.k.a. "The Taming of the Shrew") and quite a bit below "Romeo + Juliet."Read Full Review »
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