Macbeth
Genre: Historical/War/Drama
Director: Robert Eggers
Writer: Jimmy Ellis
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Ferguson, James McAvoy, Brian Cox, Fionn Whitehead, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Samantha Colley, Jerome Flynn, Robert Carlyle, Paul Dano, Bonnie Aarons, Sophia di Martino, Dixie Egerickx
Budget: $68,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $54,152,495
Foreign Box Office: $85,480,000
Total Profit: $12,094,355
Reaction: Not a huge hit, but given the budget and subject matter coming away with a neat $12 million in profit is a huge win.
"Robert Eggers' Macbeth is a muddy, dread-riddled take on the Bard's bloodiest tragedy. Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a powerfully haunted performance, though one suspects he’s slightly too refined to ever fully embody the brute force of Shakespeare’s most tormented killer. It's stark and daring, but sometimes feels like it wants to out-A24 itself. Still, Shakespeare hasn’t felt this savage in years." - Reginald Thorncroft, The London Standard of Cinema Arts
"Director Robert Eggers does what he usually does and never has it felt so right than here with a new film based on Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Macbeth. That said, some moments do feel indulgent and overwritten, but the film’s grim hypnotism is hard to pass. What an adventure." - Seth Black, Seattle Times
"Look, I love a brooding period piece as much as the next film nerd, but how many more Macbeth adaptations do we need before someone just admits that there is nothing new left to bring to the tale of Macbeth? Robert Eggers and Jimmy Ellis deliver an ultra-moody take, but it's still another near-three-hour dirge about medieval men being sad and murderous. Benedict Cumberbatch does his spooky whisper-acting thing, and Rebecca Ferguson crushes as Lady Macbeth, but younger audiences might wonder why we're still trying to make 400-year-old iambic pentameter happen." - Tasha Flux, Flicktock!
Rated R for intense violence, grisly images, and some sexual content.
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