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Movie Overview
Cast
• Laurence Fishburne
• Kenneth Branagh
• Irčne Jacob
Director
• Oliver Parker
MPAA Rating
R
Othello (1995)

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OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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2/5
"Seldomly have I been so outright disappointed by a film."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

4/10
"Recommended only to those who haven't yet seen enough Shakespeare on film."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

"Othello is a mesmerizing screen version of Shakespeare's drama that gets high marks for its memorable delineation of the red-hot heart of jealousy."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"For sheer impact, this Othello can stand side-by-side with the versions brought to the screen by Orson Welles (as restored in 1992) and Lawrence Olivier."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

+1 out of -4..+4
"For once, the two name actors really are the best thing on the screen."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3/4
"An entertaining, respectful adaptation that plays like an erotic thriller with Elizabethan language."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina
OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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