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53 out of 100

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6.5 out of 10

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  • Starring: Glenn Close, Mel Gibson
  • Summary: Franco Zeffirelli's version of Shakespeare's Hamlet - the Dane prince (Gibson) who seeks vengence for his father's death.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    It's a strong, intelligent performance [by Gibson], filled with life, and it makes this into a surprisingly robust Hamlet.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    60
    Most of the rest of this Hamlet effective or lovely as parts of it may be, just keeps sawing at the air in a drafty hall and pouring all its light on Mel Gibson and his angelic stubble. [18 Jan 1991]
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    38
    This big-screen Hamlet, pumped up to operatic scale by overkill director Franco Zeffirelli, exposes Gibson's shortcomings.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. JimR.
    10
    Energetic, entertaining presentation. Perfect casting.
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  2. MovieLonely94
    7
    absolutely perfect.
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  3. CritiqueGirl
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really liked it and then Glen Close thinks it makes sense to lip lock Hamlet because that is the what she thought her character, as his mother, would do. It actually ruined the movie for me.… Expand
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