Hamlet
Seen it?2023 | 165 min | Drama, Mystery
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Enjoyable, if not extraordinary.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Hamlet, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 45 min.
The ultimate royal family crisis. Prince Hamlet's father is dead, poisoned by his uncle, who has usurped the throne and married his mother, the Queen. When the dead King's ghost appears, commanding his son to revenge his foul and most unnatural murder, Hamlet is set on a course of action that can only end in the destruction of a dynasty and his own extinction.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
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- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerNot counted
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 432K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Peter Pasyk
- Amaka UmehHamlet
- Graham AbbeyClaudius
- Maev BeatyGertrude
- Austin EckertLaertes
- Jakob EhmanHoratio
- Ijeoma EmesowumGuildenstern
- Norman YeungRosencrantz
- Andrea RankinOphelia
- Michael Spencer-DavisPolonius