Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Myron Clemons
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Pjtaylor-96-138044
There aren't really any 'likeable' characters in 'Lady Macbeth (2016)', nor are any of them even all that empathetic. While she starts out sort of sympathetic, our protagonist proceeds to slip so far away from being even remotely relatable, with things only becoming progressively - though, purposefully - worse, that it's hard to be invested even in her somewhat initially understandable but still downright dastardly doings, making her not so much an anti-hero as a part of a landscape of individuals either uniquely despicable or decidedly disposable whom we aren't really supposed to identify with at all. This is a prospect that may be intentional and quite distinct - perhaps, even, a little refreshing - but is still difficult to come to terms with considering that it negates proper investment and, by extension, any real engagement or enjoyment - which, in this case, you could still expect despite how dark things do get. However, the picture isn't without its merits, namely an apt construction and assured tone. It's never totally boring, just not entirely gripping and marred by a slightly lax pace. There's also a sense that not much has been achieved by its end, regardless of its thematic explorations and generally quite interesting, if ultimately very bleak, musings about equality (of class, gender, race and otherwise) as well as the consequences of a power imbalance - especially if it's violently turned on its head and the oppressed becomes the oppressor. 6/10
james-71977
Thoroughly enjoyed. I liked how there was very little music, it projected a very raw feeling. It gave an insight into the emptiness & hollowness within Catherine's psyche.
The subject matter and story telling were great.
Páiric O'Corráin
Lady Macbeth: More Dark Gothic than Horror. Not based on The Scottish Play, rather it is an adaptation of the Russian Novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov, which was inspired by the character Lady Macbeth from The Scottish Play. (Phew!) Directed by William Oldroyd with the screenplay by Alice Birch.Rural England, 1865, Katherine is stuck in (literally) a loveless marriage, confined to the home. Her husband is nasty, brutish and short with her. This is indeed a Patriarchal household as her father-in-law rules over the abode and family treating his son as a lackey. This contempt is passed on to the servants.When both her husband and father-in-law are away on business Katherine starts an affair with Sebastian, a stablehand. This is discovered by the Patriarch, violence results and a series of events are set in motion which can only end in tragedy.A vein of macabre humour runs through the film but this is a tale of class and the subordinate position of women in 19th Century England. There are blasted Heaths but no witches. Murder, mayhem and poisonings but no battles. Katherine lives up to reputation of Lady Macbeth. A dark film which has much in common with the 2011 version of Wuthering Heights directed by Andrea Arnold. Running time: 89 minutes. 8/10
joaomcg
Excelent imagenery and acting. Everything else goes downhill. The plot the way characters are introduced lady macbeth behaves like a colossal b*tch the twists sorry but good photography will not save this one.
