O
Release Date:
August 31, 2001
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Screenwriter: Brad Kaaya
Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Martin Sheen, Andrew Keegan, Rain Phoenix, John Heard, Anthony Johnson
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating:
R (for violence, a scene of strong sexuality, language and drug use)
Official Website: Othemovie.com
Review: 4/5 stars
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Plot Summary: A contemporary retelling of Othello, Shakespeare's timeless tale of treachery and
jealousy, O will perhaps introduce a new audience to the genius of William Shakespeare and some of his most intriguing and tragic characters. Set in an elite private school located deep in the
American South, Mekhi Phifer portrays NBA hopeful Odin James, the only black student at the school. Odin not only enjoys widespread popularity with the students, he is dating Desi Brable
(Stiles), the beautiful daughter of the Dean of Palmetto Grove Academy (Heard). Odin's best friend, Hugo Goulding (Hartnett), drawn closely from Shakespeare's nefarious Iago, is a starting
forward on the basketball team, and the son of Coach Duke Goulding (Sheen). Hugo has been asked by his father to look out for Odin because of the particular pressures facing him at Palmetto
Grove. Yet Hugo is bitterly envious of Odin and the attention Odin receives from the coach and everyone else at school. An introspective and somewhat mysterious young man, Hugo seeks to
manipulate those around him to his own private ends. Placed by his own father in the role of Odin confidante, Hugo is, in reality, seeking to destroy the very person he pretends to befriend. As
the basketball season comes to a dramatic finish, conflict among the six friends escalates into irrevocable tragedy when Hugo executes a plan prompting Odin to throw away all that he cares about
most- the woman he loves, his bright future, his very soul.
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