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Summary: I LOVE THE 70's!!!!
Review: This is a fresh approach to Shakespeare!! It's brilliant, and entertaining. I recommend watching it more than once. There's so much to appreciate in this movie (the sets, the acting, the dialogue, the music,ect... ). I loved it enough to buy it.
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Summary: Boring
Review: This is an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth", told in the 1970's with James LeGros and Maura Tierney as Mac and Pat McBeth who work at Duncan's fast food restaurant. Before you know it, they've killed him and turned the restaurant into "McBeth's" with a huge M arch. Just like the original story, Pat and Mac start freaking out a bit when McDuff (Christopher Walken) doesn't accept the scapegoat they set up and starts investigating Duncan's murder further. All does not end well.Everyone else I talked to seemed to love this, so maybe it was just me, but apart from the three furies (Andy Dick is one of them) who tell McBeth's future with a magic 8 ball, and Christopher Walken's vegetarian,gentle McDuff, this all fell a bit flat. The comedy did not really stand out and all the characters are played so unsympathetically, that who cares what happens to them. Occasional glimmers of smart dialogue, but mainly this left me wanting to go read the original again.
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Summary: Hilarious and Disturbing: A Black Comic Gem
Review: This is some of the most fun I've had watching a movie. I took it as a blind recommendation and it has become one of my favorite comedies in years.
Using Shakespeare's Macbeth as his source, former actor Billy Morrissette makes (I believe) his feature film debut as an actor with this brilliantly dark (I know, I'm oxymoronic) comedy.
Set in the depressed town of Scotland, Pennsylvania circa 1973, Morrissette turns Shakespeare's original story about a power hungry wife pushing her too contemplative husband into a bloody post-regicide reign into a tale of an over ambitious wife pushing her dullard husband into murder to take over a fast food joint. Morrissette had obvious fun playing with the characters names and using them to even propel the story. There is of course our anti-hero/heroine Joe "Mac" and his wife Pat - the McBeth's, both of whom work for Duncan, the owner of (what else) a donut shop. Through shrewd manipulation Pat pushes. There's also Lt. McDuff (Christopher Walken seemingly having more fun than he has in anything I can recall him in); Banquo - becomes Banco, and Shakespeare's witches/weird sisters become an unholy trio of drugged out hippies (deliciously played by Andy Dick, Amy Smart and Tim Levitch.
Acting honors go all the way around but James LeGros and Maura Tierney get special mention as the unholy couple. LeGros captures the perfect 70's dullard, small time dreams, clueless and nearly almost ruining everything. He's a delight to watch. Ms. Tierney - an actress who singlehandedly kept me from ever watching E.R. nearly shocked the life out of me by actually proving to be an amazing actress. If for no other reason (but thank God there are plenty of 'em) the movie would be worth watching for Tierney's most delicious, crazed performance of the film. Her transparent subtlety is almost menacing and her greedy ambition is mouthwateringly contagious - you want her to get away with everything.
I can't recommend this movie enough! Hilarious and disturbing Scotland, Pa. is a joy!
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Summary: Hollywood goes Independent!
Review: This story is suppose to parallel MacBeth. It is set in the 1970's and has cameos by Hollywood stars. Remember when Indie films were hip and refreshing? Now, everyone in Hollywood is trying to either make or star in an Indie film. Sometimes the film succeeds to break away from Hollywood standards. Sometimes it is a deliberate attempt to be different and is transparent. I thought this film was the latter.
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Summary: Excellent Movie
Review: This was a great find for me. I saw it at the rental store several times and was tempted to rent it, and I finally did, and it was worth it. Walken is great, and the rest of the cast, most of whom I hadn't seen in movies before, was great. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjys a tongue-in-cheek type comedy. The adaptation of the original MacBeth's incessant handwashing was hilarious, as are Chris Walken's motivational tapes.
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Summary: It SURE beats Luhrman's interpretation of "Romeo and Juliet"
Review: This was an entertaining send-up of one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, with most of the players delivering stand-out performances. The one actor who I thought missed the mark was an unusually less-than-over-the-top Christopher Walken, ironically one of my favorite actors (his participation gives the movie instant indie credibility, but his role, though prominent in the story, is not blessed with a significant amount of screen time).
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As a black comedy it stands on its own (it could be adequately described as a full-length episode of "That '70's Show" with a Shakespeare theme); familiarity with "Macbeth" is helpful, but not a necessity. The most revealing insight found within the DVD's bonus materials is during the director's interview wherein he states he made the movie for all the kids he knew in school who read the Cliff's Notes and got stoned all the time.
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Shakespeare fans who need a dose of irreverence (you know who you are) will appreciate this movie, and anyone who's having to battle their way through "Macbeth" will certainly appreciate the parallels with the play that are both well-scripted and lovingly filmed. Give it a shot.
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Summary: a rare find
Review: To find a movie that is this good and compelling is rare- for it to be independent is almost unheard of. I read reviews but was still leery of getting it- I'm so glad I did. Think of it as a great little private stock to share with a few select friends. It is off the beaten path and that is what makes it great. If you are undecided give it a try- I am so glad I did. remember, reservoir dogs wasn't very well known either before pulp fiction.This movie is that good. But in it's own different way.
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Summary: moderately funny with a few standouts
Review: When one starts to focus on how gorgeous Maura Tierney is and how brilliant Christopher Walken's acting is, one soon forgets that the filmmaker was really going for black comedy laughs. While amusing at times, I found "The Last Supper" much funnier and found myself falling asleep in this one. When someone is killed off in a black comedy, I'd rather not be feeling so bad for them. This victim is so likeable it's more sad than funny when he's offed. Yes, he's annoying but he's also a hardworking restaurateur who spent his life building a business. I'll admit, the way this movie captures 70's characters is pretty dead-on and the acting is appreciable. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stick with the master Ken Russell on a genre that he has cornered.
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Summary: MC KFC
Review: WOW--a Shakespeare trajedy told with hippies, fried chicken and Camaros. What more can i say?? Funniest movie i've seen in years. It's a dark comedy so if you likey those you'll likey this --
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