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Richard Corliss, Time: OUTSTANDING "Fiennes and his cast yank the 400-year-old dialogue off the page and make it sound vividly conversational; it lives and scalds, sings and singes.... it is not a prowar or antiwar statement; it is a portrait from inside a warrior's mind." (Read the full review...) 1,342 words, 12/05/11 Jake Coyle, Associated Press: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a thoroughly intense and vivid drama without an easy political reading.... Fiennes has given us one of the most exhilarating moments at the movies this year, in his late showdown with Aufidius." (Read the full review...) 743 words, 12/01/11 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...one of the year's best political thrillers.... It's Shakespeare on a trip wire." (Read the full review...) 251 words, 12/09/11 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Redgrave's towering performance is a tour de force that carries the film to glory.... the power of the piece is undeniable." (Read the full review...) 194 words, 01/20/12 Claudia Puig, USA Today: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Never stinting on bloodshed, and occasionally sinking into convolution... ambitious... most noteworthy for its zealous lead performances and Fiennes' directorial debut." (Read the full review...) 494 words, 12/02/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING (cg) "I admired the movie even though I found it neither fish nor fowl. As Shakespeare, it has too much action footage (Coriolanus' face seems permanently streaked with blood), and as action, it has too much Shakespeare." (Read the full review...) 763 words, 02/03/12 Kat Murphy, MSN Movies: EXCELLENT (cg) "...brings one of Shakespeare's lesser-known tragic heroes to ferocious life... played in modern dress but voiced in the bard's eloquently corrosive language.... 'I just felt it was a play about now' [Fiennes]. And so it is, in spades." (Read the full review...) 839 words, 01/16/12 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: VERY GOOD (cg) "...deserves to be seen, especially among those who enjoy Shakespeare without considering themselves purists. It's violent, bloody, fast-paced, and powerfully acted." (Read the full review...) 945 words, 01/10/12
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...it works, partly because while the language remains Shakespeare's, the rule of the mob, the political hypocrisies and the grinding of war's engine transcend any age. Then too there's the sheer pleasure of hearing these words spoken by an actor like Mr. Fiennes..." (Read the full review...) 751 words, 12/02/11 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: EXCELLENT (cg) "Fiennes brings an of-the-moment energy to one of Shakespeare's later tragedies... with its forever-war landscape, it couldn't be more relevant." (Read the full review...) 435 words, 12/02/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...ambitious and at times thrilling.... Fiennes ultimately knows to play to Shakespeare's greatest strength, that incisive understanding of all the ways that humans so tragically, and predictably, repeat mistakes.... virtually unforgettable." (Read the full review...) 844 words, 12/02/11 Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR (cg) "...the film is, like its title character, stubborn and exhausting." (Read the full review...) 461 words, 12/02/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...worth seeing simply for Vanessa Redgrave's Volumnia, the Roman soldier's fearsome mother. But screenwriter John Logan's astute, compact adaptation of the play shapes the material to work as a movie, not just a performance vehicle." (Read the full review...) 522 words, 02/03/12 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: EXCELLENT "Director Ralph Fiennes and screenwriter John Logan haven't made a definitive 'Coriolanus,' but they've made a sensationally gripping one. They have the pulse of the play, its firm martial beats and its messy political clatter. They tell a damn good story." (Read the full review...) 637 words, 11/28/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "I admired the movie even though I found it neither fish nor fowl. As Shakespeare, it has too much action footage (Coriolanus' face seems permanently streaked with blood), and as action, it has too much Shakespeare." (Read the full review...) 763 words, 02/03/12 Eric Hynes, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...the transposition to present day is confusing and counterproductive, dulling the impact of an otherwise fierce, often unbearably immediate production.... What saves the film is actor Fiennes's steadfastness to the character of Caius Martius Coriolanus..." (Read the full review...) 214 words, 11/30/11 Greg Quill, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD (cg) "Fiennes, the actor, gives the man a vivid, lurid presence. And his direction is assured, insightful, focused. As Shakespeare adaptations go, this one's a winner." (Read the full review...) 548 words, 01/20/12 Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a film of vigorous performances and provocative modern resonances, though it sometimes struggles to grapple with a grim, politically ambiguous, 400-year-old play." (Read the full review...) 580 words, 01/20/12 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Ralph Fiennes proves a muscular, vivid filmmaker in his directorial debut... Barry Ackroyd, who shot 'The Hurt Locker' and 'Green Zone,' convincingly creates an alternate Rome in British and Serbian locations..." (Read the full review...) 168 words, 01/19/12
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...casts a respectful and celebratory glance back at the playwright's genius while evincing an unerring sense of where the text is most porous and elastic... a triumph..." (Read the full review...) 602 words, 02/17/12 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Even in what is viewed as a minor work, the inevitable currents of ambition and violence, cruelty and competition, rivalry and rage run strong and truthfully." (Read the full review...) 499 words, 02/17/12 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Fiennes, making his directorial debut, gets into the meat of the thing, and he takes advantage of the bluntness of the text; even Shakespeare newcomers will be able to follow along." (Read the full review...) 712 words, 02/17/12 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...makes a sometimes difficult play live, and captures many great performances forever. And far from nothing, those are two great things indeed." (Read the full review...) 548 words, 12/02/11 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: EXCELLENT (cg) "Fiennes thrives under his own direction, but such is his sense of balance that everyone else thrives, too..." (Read the full review...) 510 words, 02/03/12 John Hartl, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a streamlined, modern-dress two-hour Roman epic.... an assured film-directing debut." (Read the full review...) 311 words, 02/03/12
Eric Hynes, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...the transposition to present day is confusing and counterproductive, dulling the impact of an otherwise fierce, often unbearably immediate production.... What saves the film is actor Fiennes's steadfastness to the character of Caius Martius Coriolanus..." (Read the full review...) 214 words, 11/30/11 Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: EXCELLENT (cg) "...packed with dynamite acting, from Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave as his fiery mother right down to Gerard Butler, showing acting chops you may not have known he had.... it's a striking adaptation well worth a look." (Read the full review...) 371 words, 09/08/11 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "Ralph Fiennes sets his lean and hungry take on Shakespeare's tragedy in a modern-day war zone, paring the play to a brisk two hours." (Read the full review...) 154 words, 02/16/12 Keith Phipps, AV Club: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...brutal and bleak, cynical about politics, wary of war..." (Read the full review...) 584 words, 01/19/12 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: GOOD (cg) "...if there are slack patches in the narrative, Fiennes and his fellow actors get us through them efficiently enough. Fiennes's Coriolanus is a noble hard-ass with a scarred face and a shaved pate. He's charismatic in a chilly way..." (Read the full review...) 818 words, 12/01/11 Nick Schager, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Though his film's feel is pure Iraq and Afghanistan, Fiennes doesn't push those parallels unduly, and his central performances prove clear, nuanced, and incisive." (Read the full review...) 665 words, 11/28/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Ralph Fiennes proves a muscular, vivid filmmaker in his directorial debut... Barry Ackroyd, who shot 'The Hurt Locker' and 'Green Zone,' convincingly creates an alternate Rome in British and Serbian locations..." (Read the full review...) 168 words, 01/19/12
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "As a director, Ralph Fiennes's grasp exceeds his daring reach, and his performance stands as a chilling exemplar of psychomartial ferocity." (Read the full review...) 372 words, 01/20/12 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...it works, partly because while the language remains Shakespeare's, the rule of the mob, the political hypocrisies and the grinding of war's engine transcend any age. Then too there's the sheer pleasure of hearing these words spoken by an actor like Mr. Fiennes..." (Read the full review...) 751 words, 12/02/11 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: OUTSTANDING "Not since 'Shindler's List' has Fiennes's icy stare been put to better use... the task that Fiennes has set himself is to liberate the story from the theatrical while preserving the dramatic bite. In that, he succeeds, with brio..." (Read the full review...) 1,525 words, 01/16/12 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...ambitious and at times thrilling.... Fiennes ultimately knows to play to Shakespeare's greatest strength, that incisive understanding of all the ways that humans so tragically, and predictably, repeat mistakes.... virtually unforgettable." (Read the full review...) 844 words, 12/02/11 Dana Stevens, Slate: EXCELLENT "...a bracing and welcome surprise... accomplishes exactly what filmed Shakespeare should, and is so rarely able to.... finds a way to make the play's rich, dense literary language sound as terse and urgent as the dialogue in a tightly plotted action thriller." (Read the full review...) 966 words, 01/19/12 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: OUTSTANDING "This is a Shakespearean's Shakespeare built around a cast of dazzling actors, not a Hollywoodized treatment.... it's a smashing directing debut, a highly cinematic action movie with a man's man at its center." (Read the full review...) 1,243 words, 12/02/11
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "Ralph Fiennes reprises a juicy Shakespearean role in his bloody, bellicose directorial debut.... could easily pass for the work of an accomplished master... though the storytelling lends itself to easy confusion (owing more to the source material than to the execution), the emotional impact reads loud and clear." (Read the full review...) 926 words, 02/14/11 Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter: OUTSTANDING "Ralph Fiennes makes Shakespeare modern and bloody brilliant.... illuminates the playwright's astonishing gift for timeless insight into what moves the human spirit and motivates ambition." (Read the full review...) 731 words, 02/14/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...ambitious and at times thrilling.... Fiennes ultimately knows to play to Shakespeare's greatest strength, that incisive understanding of all the ways that humans so tragically, and predictably, repeat mistakes.... virtually unforgettable." (Read the full review...) 844 words, 12/02/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...admirably bold, even audacious..." (Read the full review...) 659 words, 01/19/12 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...it works, partly because while the language remains Shakespeare's, the rule of the mob, the political hypocrisies and the grinding of war's engine transcend any age. Then too there's the sheer pleasure of hearing these words spoken by an actor like Mr. Fiennes..." (Read the full review...) 751 words, 12/02/11 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "As a director, Ralph Fiennes's grasp exceeds his daring reach, and his performance stands as a chilling exemplar of psychomartial ferocity." (Read the full review...) 372 words, 01/20/12
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