Does Macbeth kill Duncan because of magic, fate or ambition? Or is Lady Macbeth to blame? These are the questions that, like the fog that Mr. Kurzel keeps pumping into the fray, obscure the character and that only Mr. Fassbender's exceptionally fine performance disperses. Quietly, insistently, he pulls you to him in scene after scene, largely with a restrained intensity that creates an intimacy between you and the character, effectively turning you into another Lady Macbeth.
Manohla Dargis
December 3, 2015