| O Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| Shakespeare has been subjected to numerous so-called
"adaptations" in recent years. They usually go
something like this: a screenwriter takes the
storyline from one of the Bard's plays, sticks it in a
modern setting, fills it with teenybobber stars,...more |
| O Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| 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, the film was shelved. Now that it's finally been released, the royal
court has been...more |
| O Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| First, this is not the French erotic classic of pain and perversion, nor the
Cirque du Soleil's Las Vegas fantasia of aquatic acrobatics. It's a modern
adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Othello”, with the Moorish Venetian general
reimagined as an...more |
| O Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 3/5) |
| O (2001)
Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Andrew Keegan, Martin Sheen,
Elden Henson, Rain Phoenix, John Heard. Screenplay by Brad Kaaya, based
on the play "Othello" by: William Shakespeare. Directed by Tim Blake
Nelson. 94 minutes.
Rated R, 3...more |
| O Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
Odin is a great high school basketball player. He's dating a hot girl and the
coach loves his ass. In fact, the coach even admits to having fatherly feelings
towards him. Unfortunately, the coach's real son, Hugo, isn't too pleased to
hear that. In...more |
| O Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| O (1999). 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia
Stiles, Martin Sheen, Andrew Keegan, Rain Phoenix, Elden Henson and John Heard.
Written by Brad Kaaya. Directed by Tim Blake Nelson. Rated R. Running time: 91
minutes. more |
| O Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| The title is enough to strike fear into the hearts of the testosterone-laden
around the world. But don't worry - O isn't Oprah's big move from making
crappy books into crappy films (that's already happened with Where the Heart
Is). It's a modernization...more |
| O Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| Pretty boy Josh Hartnett, last seen unimpressively in PEARL HARBOR, delivers an
even more underwhelming performance in Tim Blake Nelson's O. First-time
screenwriter Brad Kaaya's script for O is very loosely based on Shakespeare's
Othello. Set to a...more |
| O Review |
| by Christopher Null (Rating: 3/5) |
| Well, all good classics eventually come to a crashing end (Planet of the
Apes, anyone?), and the works of Shakespeare are no exception. This
time out, it's Othello that gets an urban/teen makeover -- and
considering that Slick Willy's themes about the...more |
| O Review |
| by Michael Dequina (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| 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...more |
