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| Boston Globe: 'Titus' serves up its gory excess brilliantly |
"Julie Taymor's filmed 'Titus' is a brilliant production of a mediocre play." more... |
| CBC Infoculture: Shakespearean shock and spectacle |
"Titus, played by Anthony Hopkins, is caught up in a game of revenge and violence that amounts to empty calories." more... |
| CinemaSense |
"A wonderfully acted version of Shakespeare in Elizabethan English. Unfortunately, gore and jarring anachronisms detract from the themes." more... |
| culturevulture.net |
"Julie Taymor is a designer/director with a primarily theatrical background in which her interests in puppetry, masks, and design have blossomed into stage experiences of visual spectacle." more... |
| E! Online |
(grade: A-) "...rarely has such a full-bodied extravaganza hit the screen." more... |
| Harvey's Movie Reviews |
"A strong cast..." more... |
| James Berardinelli |
(3.5 out of 4 stars) "...Anthony Hopkins shines as the title character, bringing cold, stern strength to Titus before he sinks into madness..." more... |
| Orlando Weekly Movies |
(2.5 out of 5 stars) "Which is accelerating faster, the rate at which modern filmmakers exploit the works of Shakespeare or their inability to devise worthy material of their own?" more... |
| Spliced Online: A Graphic Feast of Brilliance |
"Sumptuously and elaborately staged, steeped in powerful symbolism and bordering on absolute brilliance, Julie Taymor's sometimes pretentious 'Titus' flirts with becoming among the all-time best Shakespeare movies -- if you can endure the stomach-turning violence." more... |
| Time |
"...Julie Taymor, the magician who on Broadway turned The Lion King menagerie into masked enchanters on stilts, takes Shakespeare's goriest play, Titus Andronicus, and makes it vivid, relevant and of elevating scariness." more... |
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