15 Most Overrated Movies Of The 2020s (So Far)

15. The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% (Average Score: 8.2/10)

IMDb: 7.1

Joel Coen's solo directional debut might've received widespread acclaim and several (admittedly deserved) Oscar nominations for its technical values and Denzel Washington's lead performance but honestly? It's something of a disappointment.

Like nearly all of the films on this list, The Tragedy of Macbeth is in no way a bad movie. It's visually eye-watering and beautifully performed but at the same time, there's really a sense that it could've been so much more.

You'd hope that a Macbeth adaptation written and directed by an absolute master of creativity and subversion would really do something different but in the end, this is actually a very by-the-numbers and disappointingly conventional adaptation that adds absolutely nothing new to the story.

It's also fairly emotionless and leads Washington and Frances McDormand don't have any romantic chemistry with each other.

Ultimately, the main thing this does is highlight that, even though Macbeth is perhaps the Shakespeare tragedy that is most accessible and lends itself best to cinematic interpretation, it actually lacks the depth and emotional power of most of Shakespeare's other works.

So, when an adaptation ends up highlighting the flaws in the source material, that's never exactly a good sign, is it?

An Underrated Alternative: The Last Duel (2021) - a brilliant historical epic from Ridley Scott that tragically under-performed both at the box office and on the award circuit.