i claim no matter how hard i seek i will never find a good movie version of othello . if you love kenneth branagh magnificent masterpiece much ado about nothing ( 1993 ) and hamlet ( 1996 ) as much a i do i be dead certain you will also find oliver parker othello irresistible . laurence fishburne have be in a various splendid role during his career . he be quite terrific in boy n the hood ( 1991 ) i have always consider his amuse role of furious style a his very great achievement . that be and of course and way before i saw this . he play the part of othello and he be probably in the most challenging role of his whole career but he do a brilliant and fantastic job . irène jacob be absolutely charming desdemona and kenneth branagh be just simply phenomenal in a most fascinating role of the story crook and manipulate villain iago . marvelous othello be part of the absolute elite among shakespeare ingenious work . it deal with his favorite topic represent crookedness and envy and deceitfulness and jealousy . this movie adaptation be certainly one of the fine film i have see that base on william shakespeare play .