Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Kirpianuscus it is almost a spell. of a meet after a long time. because the performance of Laurence Fishburne is amazing. the result - scene by scene he becomes Othello in a manner who escapes from a simple role. and Kenneth Branagh - yes, he gives to Iago the right word and though and intention and gesture. because this is the best good point of film - to recreate a world in each of its details. maybe, it is not the best Othello version. but it is one of the most honest. and realistic. you feel the Moor. each of his states. each traits of his jealousy and fury and doubts. maybe, it is the memorable role of Laurence Fishburne career.

Fluke_Skywalker Scheming, seduction passion and betrayal. All of the elements of Shakespeare's classic tragedy are here, but they add up to only a rather tepid melodrama thanks to a bland leading lady, a flat supporting cast and the ham-fisted and uninspired direction of Oliver Parker.Thankfully, there's Lawrence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh. The former skillfully portrays the Moor's decent from charming hero to jealous madman, while the latter deliciously steals the show as the plotting and treacherous Iago. This may not be the best version of 'Othello' put on film, but it's worth watching thanks to the performances of its two leads.

Syl My college professor says that Othello may be Shakespeare's finest drama. I don't know if I agree with him yet. I bought this video version of the film. First I love Kenneth BRanagh as Iago, he was perfectly complicated and worked very well in this adaptation. SUrprisingly, he didn't direct it but played a role. Lawrence Fishburne shows that American actors can play Shakespeare just as well as British actors can do. not that there was a British vs. American issue about it. In fact, if we all work together then Shakespeare can reach the masses which it richly deserves to do. Apart from other Shakespeare tragedies, this is dealt with the issue of race. Something that has existed since the beginning of time. The relationship between Iago and Emilia could have been better and shown the complicatedness of their union together. While Othello loves Desdemona with all his heart, he is weak for jealousy and fears losing her to a non-Moorish man like Cassio. It's quite a great scene at the end of the film but I won't reveal the ending. IT's just worth watching. I think they edited much of the lines to 2 hours but they always edit Shakespeare.

T Y Jealousy and treachery. Othello, through the devious machinations of Iago, is very concerned that his bee-yotch hasn't been faithful. In terms of Shakespearian tragedies Othello is a paradox, Bill's vivid, limber language comes from the mouths of characters who obstinately refuse to communicate directly; strung up as they dance around topics and answer both charges and questions obliquely - suffering a major point: Othello never confirms his conclusions with the suspect (Desdemona). In gravitas and and enacting jealous fits, Fishburne gives an absolutely absurd performance. "Yah-GO!" On the other hand, as Amelia (Mrs. Iago) is sublime. She has a low voice that is gracious and weary, pitying the priveleged dummies who provide her livelihood. I have no thoughts whatsoever about Branagh except that this has the feel of him ticking another role off his Shakespeare checklist. The story arc here is plodding and not particularly engaging.Although Roger Ebert has mocked Charlie Moles score, the melody he provides for the Willow song is transcendent.