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The Merchant of Venice (2004)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "It has greatness in moments, and is denied greatness overall only because it is such a peculiar construction..." more... B   Chicago Tribune Sid Smith "...an important, timeless and sometimes troublesome classic has been filmed successfully and at long last." more... B   New York Post Lou Lumenick "Not even a compelling performance by Al Pacino as Shylock can make The Merchant of Venice work in its first major big-screen adaptation." more... C+ New York Times A.O. Scott "...better-than-average screen Shakespeare..." more... B   ReelViews James Berardinelli "...intriguing but ultimately unfulfilling..." more... B- Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...a brave undertaking, and, happily, a class act..." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)