Grand Theft Hamlet

Name: Grand Theft Hamlet
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 17, 2025
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Dipo Ola, Gareth Turkington, Jen Cohn, Jeremiah O'Connor, Lizzie Wofford

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| Release Date: January 17, 2025 | Not Rated

Starring: Dipo Ola, Gareth Turkington, Jen Cohn, Jeremiah O'Connor, Lizzie Wofford, Mark Oosterveen, Sam Crane, Tilly Steele

Summary: Struggling actors Sam and Mark find solace from lockdown isolation by staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto, battling griefers as they connect through Shakespeare.

Director: Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Chris Knight

Feb 21, 2025

Ultimately, Grand Theft Hamlet — again, I’m referring to both the performance and the movie — is an emotional triumph. Best of all, you don’t need to be an experienced gamer to enjoy it, though I’m sure there are in-jokes for the initiated. Read full review

Matt Mitchell

Feb 6, 2025

Grand Theft Hamlet puts the Bard’s work into a resourceful context, and thank God, because Hamlet is some of his dullest material. It’s a vehicle that Crane and Oosterveen first use to outmuscle isolation and boredom, only to watch it turn into a hilariously intimate source of camaraderie. Read full review

Justin Clark

Jan 13, 2025

Grand Theft Hamlet excels at blurring the line between low and high art. Read full review

Matt Donato

Mar 16, 2024

This is an irreplicable experience that speaks volumes about following your dreams despite the challenges that await. The reward will always be worthwhile, even if it’s just about the friends you make and NPC cops you massacre along the way. Read full review

Donald Clarke

Dec 5, 2024

The film is at its best when incorporating text from the play with oddly appropriate gameplay. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Jan 14, 2025

A making-of film fueled, like the Let’s Plays and livestreams it’s in conversation with, by the chaos of a plan gone wrong, Grand Theft Hamlet is equal parts charming and cheesy—both due to its experimental setting. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 8, 2025

The film, co-scripted and directed by Crane and Grylls, with Crane playing Hamlet, and narrated and somewhat driven by Oosterveen, who portrays Polonius, is a mad idea but a great gimmick, one that occasionally transcends that gimmick. Read full review

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