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Willem Dafoe is an amazing actor! Great condition and original disc/case. Adapted from Barry Unsworth's novel "Morality Play," Paul McGuigan's film strives to be a brooding medieval drama. The fantastic sets and cinematography lure the audience into a sobering fourteenth-century story about a disgraced priest (Paul Bettany) who, after he joins a band of travelling actors (headed by Willem Dafoe), tries to solve the murder of a child. The action centers on the play the group of actors writes in an attempt to unravel the crime. The film begins promisingly, and Bettany provides another outstanding performance, but it bogs down when the focus shifts toward the making of the play rather than concentrating on the mystery itself. -Bruce Diones
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