Hamlet
Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: January 10, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonJan 16, 2014
A focused, if at times melodramatic, take on the play's beating heart. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonJan 10, 2014
A modestly inventive but curiously bloodless version of the Bard’s timeless tragedy. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJan 9, 2014
While Mr. Ramsay accomplishes some kind of a trick in streamlining the play, his trimming of corners feels more like a taking away of the center. Read full review
40
Village VoiceChris PackhamJan 7, 2014
Peter Wingfield delivers an engagingly oily Claudius, and Lara Gilchrist's Ophelia is radiant. But Ramsay's Hamlet's madness never really overcomes the character's traditional emo temperament. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 13, 2014
Ultimately, there’s little to distinguish the proceedings other than their brevity. By the time the piece reaches its familiar death-strewn conclusion, with guns taking the place of swords, it has come to seem like little more than an ill-conceived exercise. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJan 9, 2014
This Canadian Hamlet, completed years ago, is as airless as a tomb. Read full review
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