Reviews and ratings for the 2015 film
3/4RogerEbert 71% Metacritic 3/5The Independent
Plenty of gore and action animate this post-Braveheart adaptation of the Scottish play. Full review
Mark Kermode·The Guardian
Fearsomely visceral and impeccably performed, it's a brisk, bracing update, even as it remains exquisitely in period. Full review
Guy Lodge·Variety
Through boldly and freely adapted for the screen by Kurzel, Michael Lesslie and Todd Louiso, this “Macbeth” screenplay retains the muscular poetry of Shakespeare, just less of it. Full review
Michael O'Sullivan·Washington Post
There’s no doubled trouble in the slickly handsome new version of Macbeth with Michael Fassbender.Full review
Manohla Dargis·New York Times
The movie brims, quite rightly, with blood and flame; the screen, by the close, is a terrible sea of red.Full review
3/4RogerEbert 71% Metacritic 3/5The Independent
Plenty of gore and action animate this post-Braveheart adaptation of the Scottish play. Full review
Mark Kermode·The Guardian
Fearsomely visceral and impeccably performed, it's a brisk, bracing update, even as it remains exquisitely in period. Full review
Guy Lodge·Variety
Through boldly and freely adapted for the screen by Kurzel, Michael Lesslie and Todd Louiso, this “Macbeth” screenplay retains the muscular poetry of Shakespeare, just less of it. Full review
Michael O'Sullivan·Washington Post
There’s no doubled trouble in the slickly handsome new version of Macbeth with Michael Fassbender.Full review
Manohla Dargis·New York Times
The movie brims, quite rightly, with blood and flame; the screen, by the close, is a terrible sea of red.Full review