Pros: Pros: It’s based on a Shakespeare play, good acting Cons: Cons: Seems unrealistic and impossible
My boyfriend has been bugging me about this movie for months after it came out – every time we went to rent a movie he searched for it like there was no tomorrow. Yesterday his wish came true and he snatched up a copy for us to watch, thrilled beyond...
Pros: Great acting, cinematography and direction Cons: Script could have been stronger
Odessa, Texas is not exactly on the first release list except for the major films that supposedly can't miss. Therefore, when my wife and I returned from Europe last week, I was surprised to see that "O" had finally made an appearance here. After...
Pros: Julia Stiles, good direction from Nelson Cons: Odin is almost as cold as Hugo.
It could be said that Julia Stiles is the current queen of Shakespeare adaptations. In 1999, she starred in "10 Things I Hate About You," which is an adaptation of the play "The Taming Of The Shrew." Last year, she played Ophelia in a modern-day...
Pros: Wonderful acting performances, interesting plotline, issues to ponder Cons: One disturbing sexual scene.
While I am ashamed to admit it, I am not a big Shakespeare fan and I am positive I've never read Othello, the play on which the big screen production of O was loosely based and modernized. Fear not, fellow avoiders of Shakespeare, you...
Pros: Intelligent script and perfect performances. Cons: Momentary lack of logic in places
Years from now, it’s highly possible that future generations of English graduates will know William Shakespeare as “that dude who made all of those teen movies”. It’s easy to see why most filmmakers look to him for inspiration: the guys ...
Pros: sense of tragedy expressed perfectly Cons: high school background for Othello? Oh, p-l-e-a-s-e!
Because everyone is a f****** napoleon ~Ani DiFranco “Napoleon”
O is no Romeo + Juliet. While placed in modern USA it doesn’t stay true to Shakespeare’s language thus is terribly lacking charm of connections between original work and today...
Pros: Explores the pathology of prejudice, jealousy, bullying and youth violence Cons: Albeit inventive, the script lacks subtext and emerges as a locker-room melodrama
Timing is everything in show-business, so when this riff on "Othello," set in an American prep school, coincided with the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado - in which two teenagers killed 15 people, including themselves, and wounded...
Pros: Interesting retelling of a classic story. Great direction. Great acting. Cons: Odin is an unlikable protagonist. The dialog is occasionally awful.
The basis for Tim Blake Nelson's film O is Shakespeare's play Othello. The rub is that Nelson has chosen to give the classic story a modern-day twist by turning the character of Othello into Odin (Mekhi Phifer, I Still...
Pros: Rap and classical, together. Unbelievable performances by the two leads. Stylish and controversial. Cons: Iago is not as commanding. The inclusion of drugs.
O is a controversial, contemporary interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Othello, and, like this review, is intended solely for a very mature audience. Teens can be very mature people, but it is the middle-aged...
Pros: Mekhi Pfifer, Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett, and the script Cons: Impossible to market
O is an excellent modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's OTHELLO, that stars Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan, Martin Sheen, and Mekhi Phifer in the title role.
The story takes place in all white prep school. Odin James (Pfifer) is...
Pros: Ummm... Othello's a really great play. And, um, Martin Sheen yells a lot. Cons: Just plain silly.
I've read Othello a number of times. I've seen several cinematic adaptations. And I've seen the play performed a half dozen times, including a fabulous Royal Shakespeare Company production in London. In all my experiences with the text, I've never found...
Pros: One of the better Shakespeare Modernizations. Mekhi Phifer is terrific. Cons: Title Character Gets Cop-out Final Speech That Delivers a Very Dangerous Message
Twelve days after the release of The China Syndrome in 1979, a little event known as Three Mile Island occurred. In 1986, a harmless little movie like SpaceCamp had the bad fortune to show up two weeks after the Challenger tragedy. In 1999, as a film...
Pros: An excellently mounted and remarkably faithful adaptation of Othello. Cons: Don't let the teen-friendly cast fool you--this is dark, serious drama.
Leave it to Hollywood to make a bold, challenging film for teens (and adults) only to let it collect dust on a shelf as proposed release dates were set, then scratched, many times over. Such was the sad and unfair case with Tim Blake Nelson's O,...
Pros: Good cast, original screenplay of a classic play Cons: Missed its time, too much intrigue encapsulated in too short a time span
I saw “O” upon a last minute change of mind as I stood in line to purchase a ticket for The Jade Scorpion. I had no idea of what it was about, but the title and R rating suggested to me something 18th Century, or a modern day steamy romance. It was...
Pros: A surprisingly gripping film. Caters to Shakespeare fans and teens. Cons: Well, you probably already know the ending.
O is a modern day movie that is based on Shakespeare's play Othello. The poetic dialogue has been stripped away, the characters are played by teens, and... the lead character isn't a king. But, yeah, it's still the story of Othello.
Director Tim Blake Nelson sets Shakespeare's OTHELLO in a modern day private high school and the result is a dark somber teen tragedy. Mekhi Phifer CL...More at Family Video
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