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- 1991
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 15 m
- 1991
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 15 m
Summary Franco Zeffirelli's version of Shakespeare's Hamlet - the Dane prince (Gibson) who seeks vengence for his father's death.
Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli
- 1991
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 15 m
- 1991
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 15 m
Hamlet
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5.8
Summary Franco Zeffirelli's version of Shakespeare's Hamlet - the Dane prince (Gibson) who seeks vengence for his father's death.
Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
53
44% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
39% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
17% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
53
44% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
39% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
17% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Zeffirelli's production is neither high art nor lowbrow pandering, but something in between.
Thanks to director Franco Zeffirelli and an impressive cast, both the tale and the telling are strikingly fresh.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 User Ratings
5.8
41% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
41% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
18% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 User Ratings
5.8
41% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
41% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
18% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
It thought it was a solid, worthy adaptation of the classic. Mel Gibson is interesting as Hamlet. Franco Zeffirelli could have done a better job as the director and the screenplay could use some refinement. Anyways I enjoyed this adaptation, and I can not really understand the very negative reviews. I think the movie was well worth a watch!
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absolutely perfect.
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Zeffirelli's Hamlet is lively, energetic and suspenseful. [18 Jan 1991]
If Zeffirelli's Hamlet does resemble an actual movie at several points, it's thanks almost entirely to the inventive and atmospheric lighting of veteran cinematographer David Watkin, whose somber, gray-green palette gives the film a dignity and substance it would otherwise lack. [18 Jan 1991]
Zeffirelli has managed to make Shakespeare's greatest and most modern play one-dimensional. [13 Jan 1991]
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.
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.
Mel Gibson has a fascinating attempt to convey the atmosphere of Hamlet but doesn't quite make land a lot of the lines to convey the story.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
Icon Productions,
Carolco Pictures,
Canal+,
Nelson Entertainment,
Sovereign Pictures,
Polyphony Digital
Release Date Jan 18, 1991
Duration 2 h 15 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline The extraordinary adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale of vengeance and tragedy.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
David di Donatello Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
