| Miramax Films | Release Date: May 12, 2000 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Critic Reviews
Almereyda has done a splendid job of rendering Hamlet as expressive visually as it is verbally.
Thou wilt be dazzled.
Both a distraction and a revelation.
As Almereyda unrolled his modern Gotham version, the story became gripping, the characters fascinating, the events mesmerizing, the resolution shocking and piteous.
This is a sizzling, invigorating Hamlet.
New York City has never looked so slick and shallow as it does in Hamlet, an innovative, contemporary adaptation.
Almereyda's smart, streamlined adaptation is full of such neat little ironies.
Almereyda never plays up the gimmickry at the expense of the performances, and as a result, his movie largely succeeds, despite an overabundance of pretentious pokes at our consumer culture and the risky casting of Ethan Hawke in the lead role.
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