DVD Reviews
The Merchant of Venice
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- Director: Michael Radford
- Starring: Al Pacino
- Details: US / 126 mins (12s).
A faithful but too straightforward rendition of Shakespeare's polemic on anti-Semitism, in which Pacino excels as Shylock the Jew, who demands a literal pound of flesh when Irons' Antonio defaults on his loan. However, the excellent cast seems to be constrained by Radford's insistence on fidelity to the text.
Review by Declan Burke
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