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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Treachery, sex, betrayal, revenge and murder are the focus of this 1940's retelling of Shakespeare's classic play. A thrilling digital feature for a 21st century audience, that preserves the emotion and energy of the original, but presents it in a brand new way.

Directed By: Bruce Ramsay

Written By: William Shakespeare, Bruce Ramsay

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m

Hamlet

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Treachery, sex, betrayal, revenge and murder are the focus of this 1940's retelling of Shakespeare's classic play. A thrilling digital feature for a 21st century audience, that preserves the emotion and energy of the original, but presents it in a brand new way.

Directed By: Bruce Ramsay

Written By: William Shakespeare, Bruce Ramsay

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50
Jan 16, 2014
A focused, if at times melodramatic, take on the play's beating heart.
By Annlee Ellingson FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 10, 2014
A modestly inventive but curiously bloodless version of the Bard’s timeless tragedy.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 9, 2014
While Mr. Ramsay accomplishes some kind of a trick in streamlining the play, his trimming of corners feels more like a taking away of the center.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 7, 2014
Peter Wingfield delivers an engagingly oily Claudius, and Lara Gilchrist's Ophelia is radiant. But Ramsay's Hamlet's madness never really overcomes the character's traditional emo temperament.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 13, 2014
Ultimately, there’s little to distinguish the proceedings other than their brevity. By the time the piece reaches its familiar death-strewn conclusion, with guns taking the place of swords, it has come to seem like little more than an ill-conceived exercise.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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Jan 9, 2014
This Canadian Hamlet, completed years ago, is as airless as a tomb.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Hamlet Productions
Release Date Jan 10, 2014
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hamlet-2011/120064604732494
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Awards

Leo Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations

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