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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 7

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  1. CritiqueGirl
    Mar 1, 2011
    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
  2. JimR.
    Jul 29, 2007
    10
    Energetic, entertaining presentation. Perfect casting.
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  3. MovieLonely94
    Nov 6, 2010
    7
    absolutely perfect.
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53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Hank Sartin
    40
    This Hamlet elevates plot to a height that retains the play's atmosphere but squanders its thematic richness in a welter of "Mommy, how could you?" melodrama.
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  2. 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.
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  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    The rest of Franco Zeffirelli's latest Shakespearean outing is so eager to be cinematic, with its peripatetic camera and souped-up screenplay, that it forgets to make sense.
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