The Merchant of Venice (2004)

Name: The Merchant of Venice
Director: Michael Radford
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2004
Duration: 132 min

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👍 86%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 68% (RT: 72%, MC: 63)

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Director

Michael Radford

Runtime

2h 12m

Country

Italy, Luxembourg, United Kingdom

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.8/10 (603 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

72%

Metacritic

Cast

Al Pacino as Shylock · 75% avg

Jeremy Irons as Antonio · 74% avg

Joseph Fiennes as Bassanio · 72% avg

Lynn Collins as Portia · 70% avg

Zuleikha Robinson as Jessica · 68% avg

Kris Marshall as Gratiano

Charlie Cox as Lorenzo · 66% avg

Heather Goldenhersh as Nerissa

Is The Merchant of Venice good?

Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 68%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#590 / 3335 · Drama

Rank in its year

#35 / 175 · 2004

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan. Wikipedia ↗