Great Performances: Macbeth (2010)
Season 39, Episode 3
2/10
Embarrassing Mess
21 November 2019
This made-for-TV "film" is a joke of a product. This film would live in total irrelevance if it weren't for the lead role Macbeth, played by Patrick Stewart, who does a mediocre-at-best, phone-it-in job. Some of the decisions made by the director are cringeworthy and completely pull you out of the film. If you are unfamiliar with the plot of Macbeth, you will be completely lost watching this film.

The lighting and cinematography are worse than a home-movie, and the costume design is just strange. Patrick Stewart's clothing goes from a character from The Expendables, to Vladimir Putin, to James Bond, and it is completely distracting. I can't tell where this is meant to take place, as the first half of the movie takes place in an underground bunker, supported with likely stock footage of an elevator.

The long, drawn out monologues, combined with the lack of music and poor cinematography are laughable.

Any "creative" decisions fall flat and are embarrassing. Whoever gave this movie a good review has likely been manipulated by the Witches.
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