Othello

1995

Action / Drama / Romance

26
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 64% · 40 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 64% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 10584 10.6K

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Plot summary

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

Director

Oliver Parker Photo
Oliver Parker

Top cast

Laurence Fishburne Photo
Laurence Fishburne as Othello
Philip Locke Photo
Philip Locke as 1st Senator
Indra Ové Photo
Indra Ové as Bianca
John Savident Photo
John Savident as 2nd Senator
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1.11 GB
1264*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 3
2.06 GB
1908*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Doc-57 7 / 10

A mixed bag

Laurence Fishburne is a fine actor, and deserves respect for trying this, but he is not in a class with the great Shakespeareans like Olivier and Welles; and he further suffers from Kenneth Branagh. This Irishman, always brilliant, cleanly steals the show away. Olivier recognized that potential in his production, and cast Iago with someone he knew he could upstage. I didn't nearly realize the possibilities of Iago, Shakespeare's most evil character, but Branagh shows us the depths. Nice to see the views of Venice, too.
Reviewed by Ariel-28 8 / 10

Good, but maybe too erotic.

I was especially delighted that in this movie Othello himself was dark-skinned and Desdemona didn't have fair hair like almost always. The cast played very well, too, and I liked the script following Shakespeare's original text so faithfully. But I must say some scenes were acted too erotically for such a character as Desdemona. I have always thought she is very modest, and that's why it is not proper at all to show her in bed with Cassio - although it was happening only in Othello's imagination. At first, I was a little surprised even that a love scene between Othello and Desdemona was shown so openly. But as a whole, I liked the film and especially Desdemona crying in the dying scene.
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