O
Rated NR
Drama
Drama
Director Tim Blake Nelson is probably best
known as a character actor (he played Delmar
in O Brother, Where Art Thou?), but he
brings a strong eye and good sense of pacing
to this teen-film adaptation of
Othello. The story of jealousy and
complicated revenge is racy and violent, just
like all the great classics, and star Josh
Hartnett does a great job as Hugo, the film's
stand-in for Shakespeare's Iago. Definitely
worth seeing if, like all lovers of great
literature, there's nothing you enjoy more
than murder, infidelity and horny teenagers
playing basketball.
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Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cast: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Andrew Keegan, Martin Sheen and Rain Phoenix
Cast: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Andrew Keegan, Martin Sheen and Rain Phoenix
