Hamlet
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Metascore
70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan
  • Summary: Michael Almereyda's update of the Shakespeare play, starring Ethan Hawke as the young prince of the Denmark Corporation film empire.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    The acting is smart and gritty, Almereyda's visual style has a raw immediacy found in few films with Shakespearean pedigrees, and an eclectic music score adds atmosphere and surprise every step of the way.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    80
    Cast for fun, and the whimsy is enjoyable both for its parody of heavy-handed "relevant" updates of the play.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    60
    Has an interesting look, several sensational performances (notably from Kyle MacLachlan and Liev Schreiber) and in general works far better than it has any right to.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    May well be the dullest and most pointless version ever filmed, thanks to a stunningly bad lead performance by Ethan Hawke.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. JacquelynM.
    8
    I really enjoyed this adaptation of Hamlet, being set in todays society made it easy to see why shakespeare can be set in time period and still fit so perfectly into that society.... I loved the imagery in the play, the use of the films, photographs and the beautiful asides given by Young Hamlet(Ethan Hawke).....Most of all I loved that Shakespeares beautiful language was still held onto and conveyed with such passion.… Expand
  2. AmyJ.
    0
    This film is so poor. It is completely void of anything worth watching.
  3. Jim
    0
    Shakespeare's Hamlet had psychic balls. Ehtan Hawke has none.

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