Synopsis
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeHamlet
- Kyle MacLachlanClaudius
- Diane VenoraGertrude
- Sam ShepardGhost
- Bill MurrayPolonius
- Liev SchreiberLaertes
- Julia StilesOphelia
- Karl GearyHoratio
- Paula MalcomsonMarcella
- Steve ZahnRosencrantz
Recommandations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
Almereyda excises big chunks of plot to shape his vision, but retains Shakespeare's language and pays such rigorous attention to meaning and subtext that what's missing isn't missed. - 80
Rolling Stone
Thou wilt be dazzled. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Both a distraction and a revelation. - 75
San Francisco Examiner
Hamlet finds in Hawke's greatish performance a Great Dane for this, or any other, modern moment. - 70
Village Voice
Stylish, funny, and smart...but only up to a point. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Bill Murray's Polonius is so delightfully coy and self-satisfied that this performance is reason alone to see the picture. - 63
Baltimore Sun
Almereyda has done a splendid job of rendering Hamlet as expressive visually as it is verbally. - 60
Variety
This slacker prince (Hawke) comprises a sinkhole at the center of adaptor-helmer Michael Almereyda's otherwise compelling contempo update.
