Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2016, UK, 89 minutes, (15)
Director – William Oldroyd
A thrilling 19th century tragedy about a defiant, passionate young woman struggling against suffocating societal norms. Trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older man and browbeaten by her sadistic husband’s callous family a young bride embarks on a passionate affair.
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IMDb – Lady Macbeth
Rotten Tomatoes – Lady Macbeth
AUDIENCE REACTION:
Mixed responses to Lady Macbeth
Excellent 7
Very good 7
Good 7
Average 3
Giving an overall rating of 68.75%
Comments as follows
- Was she a sociopath or deranged by her infatuation – wanted to know more of her back story
- Too depressing to be enjoyable I’m afraid
- Troubling picture about how twisted and out of shape humanity can get! Think Ponty film club is amazing
- Beats Miss Marple
- Highly interesting – the narrative, characters, scenery, filming. Literally incredible yet it did not matter
- Beautiful atmospheric cinematography
- What fabulous clothes
- Austere, intense, harsh. Very gripping, although the characters were unsympathetic. Quite an experience
- Cold, unsympathetic characters – oh the travails of the idle rich
- The devil makes work for idle hands. What a wicket woman
- Great performance by Florence Pugh. Another great film
- Well, silences, characters I did not like. But quite enjoyed the film