Hamlet

Name: Hamlet
Genre: Drama
Released: April 10, 2026
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 61

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Vertical | Release Date: April 10, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: When Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns to London’s elite South Asian community for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly widowed mother. Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns his brutal murder was at the hands of Claudius - and spirals into a quest for vengeance that exposes the rot at theWhen Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns to London’s elite South Asian community for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly widowed mother. Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns his brutal murder was at the hands of Claudius - and spirals into a quest for vengeance that exposes the rot at the heart of the family’s empire and threatens his own sanity.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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Hannah Cronk

Sep 16, 2025

This version of Hamlet is raw in its emotion, incredibly natural in its performances, and heartbreaking in its conclusion. Even after centuries of retellings, the story still cuts deep, and Aneil Karia’s version proves that its power has not diminished. At the center of it all is Riz Ahmed, whose incredibly raw performance ensures this adaptation will be remembered. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Mar 13, 2026

This Hamlet sticks to the narrative essentials to produce a terse, pitiless retelling. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Apr 10, 2026

The song remains the same, but it’s all in the way you play it. Karia, Ahmed and Lesslie prove that "Hamlet" still hits after all these years. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Zilko

Sep 13, 2025

The director does an excellent job of nailing the small details required to translate Shakespeare’s verse into the realism of film. Read full review

Derek Smith

Apr 2, 2026

Aneil Karia’s Hamlet, which is nearly defined by its handheld camerawork and the medium close-ups on Riz Ahmed’s face, is one of the more intimate adaptations of Shakespeare’s play to date. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

Apr 17, 2026

Riz Ahmed makes for a vigorous lead in Aneil Karia’s contemporary British-Indian Hamlet, which loses its emotional clarity beneath an intriguing exterior. Its use of silence and intimacy grants it a fascinating texture, but the film never challenges or re-invigorates Shakespeare’s greatest work, ensuring that it ends up somewhere in the middle of a lengthy pile of adaptations. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Apr 8, 2026

Cast adrift in this aimless movie, Ahmed seems lost. His performance is one in an unfortunate tradition of weepy Hamlets, and his problems are compounded by the fact that his weepiness is unconvincing. Each time he teared up while delivering a soliloquy, I felt that he was trying to sell me a used car. Read full review

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