Hamlet Quick Movie Reviews

Quick Movie Reviews

Rating of
3/4

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 05/27/2019

Transitioning works of Shakespeare to the screen doesn't always work out, but this one does just fine. The pieces of great cinema and great theater do fit together, but they don't quite make this admittedly well-directed adaptation a masterpiece to behold.

Rating of
2/4

Topher - wrote on 06/14/2009

Often hailed as the best of the Hamlets, Laurence Olivier's adaptation is set in a surreal never-never land castle surrounded by mist and darkness. There's a kind of weirdness to it that more recent versions never quite attain. But, in the end, I find Olivier to be too melodramatic. With other, much better versions out there, this one can be difficult to watch.

Rating of
0.5/4

Alex - wrote on 03/17/2007

I do not like Shakespeare. Boring and I could not understand the language - call me stupid.

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