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The Merchant of Venice   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   The Critics: B 6 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B- 5599 ratings  User Reviews (83 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 83  |   Next   Overall Grade: A- Story: A+ Acting: A Direction: A- Visuals: A+ Better than Trevor Nunn's production. by Anon (movies profile) (Jul 31, 2006) 21 of 24 people found this review helpful Yes this production is actually rather good and I have to say more impressive than the critically acclaimed version produced by Trevor Nunn only three years ago which is... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A- Direction: A Visuals: A+ complex and beautiful by David (movies profile) (Aug 29, 2005) 18 of 25 people found this review helpful Well, apparently some of us need attend more ESL classes -- 'might help you understand the movie a little better and write a coherent review of this -- or any -- movie.... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A Direction: A- Visuals: A "Merchant of Venice" Brought Back to Life! by Natacha (movies profile) (Oct 3, 2006) 18 of 27 people found this review helpful The movie is darker than the 'comedic' play, but is at the same time faithful to Shakespeare's words, themes, and characters. I watched this after studying the play in my... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ ReConsidering the Merchant of Venice in 2005 by GaryD (movies profile) (Jul 9, 2006) 17 of 25 people found this review helpful Al Pacino is suberb as Shylock. This is a play that I do not believe has been filmed before & is rarely staged in these too politically correct days. It is superficially... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Well Done...A Pleasure by RhondaH (movies profile) (Nov 12, 2005) 7 of 7 people found this review helpful I judge a Shakespearian production in part by whether or not I can understand and follow it. I like Shakespeare, but I'm not a scholar, and I find that if the actors und... Full Review Overall Grade: C+ Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A An eye-opener (for the wrong reasons) by Voz (movies profile) (Dec 5, 2007) 9 of 12 people found this review helpful First of all, I have never read more than bits and pieces of any of Shakespeare's works, so I am commenting strictly on the film. Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons are superb, w... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Huzzah! by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Mar 7, 2005) 3 of 3 people found this review helpful Any fan of Shakespeare would love the way this movie was directed and designed! The "visuals" as Yahoo likes to call them, were NOT overdone as they were in the popular H... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A+ Acting: B+ Direction: A- Visuals: A Merchant deliver's the Goods. by Larryw (movies profile) (Apr 11, 2005) 2 of 2 people found this review helpful When I chose to see this film I had hoped for a good adaptation of Shakesphere's work. I was not let down. The choice of Al Pacino,Jeramie Irons and Joseph Fiennes for th... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting: B Direction: C Visuals: A Nice to look at, but not to listen to. by JoofMorg (movies profile) (Oct 5, 2005) 4 of 7 people found this review helpful From the opening editing of Antonio's "In sooth" speech I was concerned. And as the movie progressed my concerns were amply justified. There is just too much monkeying ab... Full Review Overall Grade: F Story: A+ Acting: F Direction: F Visuals: A Huh? by Samuel (movies profile) (Oct 14, 2006) 2 of 3 people found this review helpful This is the worst Shakespearean screen adaptation I've ever seen. Nobody involved seems to understand Shakespeare, from the actors to the director. The scenes drag as ac... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 83  |   Next