Pros: It certainly is arty enough. Liev Schrieber is the only one who pulls it off. Cons: Bad, bad sound editing here...
Shakespeare's Hamlet remains the archtypical role for many an actor. Who can resist playing the part of a melancholic prince who gets not only a hot-looking girlfriend, but a chance to act out his own oedipal fantasies? And gets to avange daddy's...
Pros: Hawke and Schreiber are standouts, the modern stagings Cons: Cuts some of my favourite moments and lines, Bill Murray, the sane Julia Stiles
Like a kaleidoscope, Hamlet changes every time I look at him. My first read through the play of his exploits found him a noble but mad warrior, ready to do battle – with his fists or with his wits – against the corruption he found in Denmark. My next ...
Michael Almereyda's modern update of "Hamlet" transplants the kingdom of Denmark to New York and turns it into the Denmark Corporation. Ethan Hawke stars as the title character who smells something rotten after the sudden death of his father...
Fine work from Bill Murray, Liev Schrieber, and Sam Shepphard.
Cons: I'm not to wild about Hamlet being placed in a modern setting.
Written and Directed By Michael Almeredya Ethan Hawke/Hamlet Kyle MacLachlan/Claudius Sam Shephard/Ghost Bill Murray/Polonius Liev Schrieber/Laertes Julia ...
Pros: To be or not to be Cons: That is the question
This review of Michael Almereyda's Hamlet has long gestated, and the good thing is, the film does not suffer the ravages of memory. My expectations for this modern-dress Shakespeare adaptation were low enough that I presumed its impact would be...
Pros: employed a good many Hollywood types and kept them off welfare Cons: everything else
I'm a produced playwright and have adapted several of Shakespeare's plays for various type of stage productions... (my favorite is a gay and lesbian version of Midsummer Night's Dream... but another time.) I grew up doing theater and have been involved...
Pros: Saavy, stylish update of the Shakespearean classic Cons: Doesn't stack up to Branagh's masterpiece
To differentiate each Shakespearean adaptation from one another, each filmmaker goes through great efforts to give his (or her) Hamlet or Romeo & Juliet or what have you a distinct feel, a distinct look and a distinct flavor. Baz...
Pros: Profoundly relevant and deeply touching - Hawke spins Hamlet into the 21st century Cons: Ending is not perfect but the pathos throughout more than carries the film
Hamlet, the old stand bye of Highschools and Colleges alike, is so familiar that it seems as though it’s been buried under layer after layer of strata of narrowly defined interpretation. Hamlet (2000) – directed by Michael Almereyda – is finally...
Pros: The cast does a credible job Cons: The modern elements interfere with the story
There is something really rotten in the state of Denmark, but Shakespeare never intended this story to reek. Hamlet situated in modern-day New York City is a good idea for a film, but the modern-day elements in the film interfere with the story rather...
Pros: Pixelvision! Good performances Cons: cuts huge chunks of the play
There doesn’t seem to be a consensus on how many movies of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” have been made. It’s somewhere between 40 and 50, they say. I do know that three major versions have been released in theaters in the last 10 years: Franco...
Pros: The guy who wrote the first draft of the script had real talent. Cons: Without number.
I have never laughed so much during a production of HAMLET as I did watching Ethan Hawke’s interpretation of the Prince of Denmark. There were two directors on this project, and I hoped they butted heads constantly. If the directors fought like...
Pros: Entertaining, witty, even (gulp) fun Cons: ‘Tasteful’ people will scorn you
"That was terrible!" grunted the NPR listener to his girlfriend as my wife and I ambled out of a weekend screening of Hamlet. "Well, we knew HE would be terrible," she countered, the air of condescension fairly dripping from her...
Pros: Sleek production design; a couple of good performances. Cons: Ethan Hawke's weak take on the title character; an overall unconvincing air.
The big struggle for a filmmaker looking to adapt a classic (read: old) literary work for the screen is to make it accessible to contemporary audiences. The trend these days appears to be translating the story into modern times--or, more accurately,...
Hamlet is a contemporary adaptation of the classic play set in New York City, circa 2000--a world of laptops and limousines. The President of the Denm...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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