English Movie Review for "O" Of all the updated classic films and adapted story portrayals, Tim Blake Nelson's "O," an updated spin of Shakespeare's Othello, would catch the eye of any classic literature fan, and also appeals towards younger audiences. Contemporary versions of Shakespeare's plays have often changed the settings, but kept the characters, plots, and language more or less intact. The updated "Hamlet," or "Romeo and Juliet," for example, appealed to young, pop culture …
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…drug use" and "sexual situations." This film could easily have been brought down to PG-13 and still have the same impact, just hint to the sex scene, tone down the steroid use, and replace the F word with the BS words. The point being, the original play did not include that drug use or foul language. I would give this film 2 1/2 out of 4. It could have been better, but updating a classic must be tough.