Othello (The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice)
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
15 May 1923, Detroit, Michigan, USA
4 February 1909, London, England, UK
5 January 1916, Russia
15 May 1905, Petersburg, Virginia, USA
7 April 1919, Dublin, Ireland
25 October 1899, Kilburn, London, England, UK
6 May 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
18 September 1894, West Kensington, London, England, UK
8 February 1923, Paddington, London, England, UK
2 February 1903, London, England, UK
22 October 1917, Tokyo, Japan
10 July 1923, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
12 March 1926, Campsie, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
March 16, 2008
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.
May 20, 2003
Mr. Branagh's superb performance...guarantees this film an immediacy that any audience will understand.
January 01, 2000
Passion, like outpourings of iambic pentameter, isn't part of this picture's equation.
December 05, 2004
An entertaining, respectful adaptation that plays like an erotic thriller with Elizabethan language.
July 03, 2008
Laurence Fishburne is an actor of no little talent, but he lacks Othello's martial bearing and heroic stature.
January 26, 2006
A highly engaging attempt at Shakespeare's most domestic tragedy.
October 15, 2002
Davies has done an admirable job of condensing the sprawling action.
July 03, 2008
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.
November 25, 2003
Fine Shakespeare adaptation
January 01, 2000
The movie is roughly on the same cinematic level as the Mel Gibson Hamlet, though it tends to get under your skin a little more once it gets rolling.
February 06, 2004
Fishburne gives an amazingly chilling turn; when his Othello receives the Bad News about his lady love, Fishburne positively radiates homicide.
February 13, 2001
Parker has shown how involving and moving Shakespeare can still be on the screen.
