Taymor manages to play with images and music as effectively as Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet or McKellan's Richard III, yet weaves a tale so powerful and stark that it leave you breathless.
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05/31/02
Titus (1999)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:50
Rotten:24
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: The movie stretches too long to be entertaining despite a strong cast.
Runtime: 2 hrs 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (one of the Bard's lesser-known and most gruesome works), director Taymor (Broadway's The Lion King) brings this adaptation to life with dazzling imagery and... [More]
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Harry J. Lennix, Alan Cumming
Director: Julie Taymor
Reviews for Titus
Relentless, brutal and equally witty...
04/03/02
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03/24/02
Top CriticA grim meditation on the enthralling power of violence.
03/05/02
...si esperan una versión de Shakespeare "alternativa" busquen algo light, como Romeo+Julieta, el remake relativamente reciente, pues Titus no se anda con rodeos.
02/14/02
Jessica Lange as Tamora, the captured Goth queen, seethes with sexuality and vengeance.
05/11/01
The cast is amazing.
01/01/00
Top CriticTaymor has succeeded only in creating a great - and interminable - filmic mess.
01/01/00
Too ridiculous.
01/01/00
Looks like a jumble sale featuring the work of other directors and artists.
01/01/00
A superbly acted effort to immortalize Shakespeare’s early play on the big screen.
01/01/00
The precision marching, the war-zoney madness, the uncontainable passion — are the best reasons to see Titus.
01/01/00
Full of sound and fury, signifying another entertaining cinematic addition to the Bard’s rolls.
01/01/00
Titus is a spectacle for the eyes and viscera, but also the heart and brain.
01/01/00
Many will experience this all as a mere assault on the senses, outrage for the mere sake of outrage and, for all its intellectual posturing, pretty dumb overall.
01/01/00
A further vulgarization of Shakespeare's most vulgar play.
01/01/00
Not pleasant, perhaps, and still occasionally hard to follow, but definitely an interesting piece of work that lives up to all the bloody madness Shakespeare intended.
01/01/00
Taymor has forged a well-developed, innovative construction with some remarkable acting by seasoned British performers spouting dialogue that remains true to the Bard's literary genius.
01/01/00
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February 04, 2005:
Julie Taymor to Direct Musical
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