Mon, May 16, 2022
Striking visual choices, from sets and lighting to cinematography, providing an apt framing the story and its often impenetrable language. Washington, McDormand, and the entire cast deliver admirably, striking a fine balance between the theatricality that the plot and dialogue demand and a naturalism that helps us follow the story without Cliff’s Notes. It finishes with a bit of a lull, but I suppose Shakespeare’s tragedies tend to do that, when all that’s left are corpses.
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