Polished, sensual, and not without some creative and energetic moments. But whereas the Welles version excelled in vividly rendering Othello’s descent into madness cinematically, the latter half of Parker’s adaptation completely runs out of steam and plods slowly towards the finale, not even able to give the string of bloody deaths at the conclusion much weight or suspense. Fishburne’s faux accent is a distraction, and Branagh also seems reigned in, and should have been let loose to really ham it up.
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