49
Metascore
25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertIt's a setup so easy it borders on facile, but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufHovers curiously short of its full potential for mirth and mayhem. Still, the movie is more fair than foul, and it succeeds well enough as a freakish experiment and mockery of all concerned.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI have the curious suspicion that it will be enjoyed most by someone who knows absolutely nothing about Shakespeare, and can see it simply as the story of some very strange people who seem to be reading from the same secret script.
- 63Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezShakespeare purists may scoff and wonder what the point is, but Morrissette would probably shrug and say ``Why not?''
- 40Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe irrepressible Walken smiles benignly down on his colleagues, secure in the knowledge that his antics have capsized sturdier vessels than this. Playing a supposed health-food nut, he enters the movie chewing and doesn't stop until he's devoured every scene down to the props.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenToo leisurely paced and visually drab for its own good, it succeeds in being only sporadically amusing.
- 38Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrBlurs the line between black comedy and black hole.
- 30The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsShakespeare hasn't had it this rough since Lemmy from Motörhead performed the opening soliloquy in "Tromeo And Juliet."
- 25Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThink about the worst movie ideas you've had in your life, the ones so embarrassing they make you wince. Now imagine this: a modernized version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" titled Scotland, Pa.
- 20New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerWriter-director Billy Morrissette doesn't have much feeling for satire -- or for Shakespeare. This is a comedy for people who couldn't make it through the CliffsNotes.