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  • 2010
  • R
  • Indican Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Indican Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary Living in the back room of his father's doctors office, broke and frustrated ladies man Julian scores his big break when he lands the job directing an off Broadway version of Hamlet. Except it's a bizarre adaptation written by a pale Romanian impresario named Theo who is actually a master vampire. Theo hopes to lure the real Hamlet out o...

Directed By: Jordan Galland

Written By: Jordan Galland

  • 2010
  • R
  • Indican Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Indican Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Living in the back room of his father's doctors office, broke and frustrated ladies man Julian scores his big break when he lands the job directing an off Broadway version of Hamlet. Except it's a bizarre adaptation written by a pale Romanian impresario named Theo who is actually a master vampire. Theo hopes to lure the real Hamlet out o...

Directed By: Jordan Galland

Written By: Jordan Galland

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Negative
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A horror comedy much closer to the actor-riffing drollery of Edgar Wright and Christopher Guest than "Scary Movie"-style splatstick, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead is one sly slice of the ridiculous.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
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All of the riffs are twice and thrice removed, but the effect is lively rather than tiresome, largely on the strength of game performances, Sean Lennon's atmospheric score and writer/director Jordan Galland's clear affection for his sources.
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Like the vampires that cavort throughout it, this horror-comedy doesn’t have much chance of surviving the harsh light of scrutiny--but as a loopy, antiserious lark, it should prove plenty alive on the midnight-movie circuit.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
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A toothless satire whose targets include vampire mania, low-rent theater, indie romantic comedies, Scorsese, Shakespeare and “Law & Order,” it plays like a Web series expanded to feature length, or an adaptation of one of the Naked Angels’ staged serial soap operas.
By Mike Hale FULL REVIEW
40
A horror spoof that has little reason for being, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead pretty much uses up its quotient of wit with the title.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
38
This loopy farce has the feel of a wacky off-off-Broadway play with more energy than wit, but it has its moments. And the laid-back acting of Hoffman (son of Dustin) just about holds it together.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
20
This is a movie so in love with its own supposed cleverness that it never realizes it's not all that clever.
By Ian Buckwalter FULL REVIEW

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Production Company C Plus Pictures, Off Hollywood Pictures, Offhollywood Digital
Release Date Jun 4, 2010
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Don't let your ex-girlfriend suck the life out of you!
Website http://www.undeadflick.com/
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Awards

Washington DC Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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