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Even if it’s a well made movie with good actors still it’s not close to original Shakespeare write. Maybe charismatic Al Pacino was so persuasive that you feel empathy to Shylock, or plot made him much better than in original play. But here Shylock is not a greedy Jew, he is a man with pride and desire for revenge. Also Antonio and Bassanio... friends only? 

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Al Pacino

Jeremy Irons

Charlie Cox

Lynn Collins

Joseph Fiennes

Zuleikha Robinson

Kris Marshall

Mackenzie Crook

David Harewood

Anton Rodgers

Michael Radford

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.

Drama

Romance

The Merchant of Venice

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