No, it doesn't work that well in a movie

Rating: 3/10 (31 May 2012)

I'm truly enjoy Shakespeare, and particularly seeing it on stage, or even listening to it performed on audio. But, somehow seeing this powerful drama transferred to a movie screen, and re-set in a modern day conflict, was not the same experience. For me, the visual distraction of the movie sets detracted from Shakespeare's art, which has always been literary and oratory, not visual.
I worried that I was the only reviewer who felt this way when first scrolling through many of the laudatory reviews for this film, but then I noted that a good number agree with my response. The movie fails to preserve the art of Shakespeare, and it certainly will not appeal to those merely looking for war drama.