Hamlet
Vertical | Release Date: April 10, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
IGNSiddhant AdlakhaApr 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
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 17, 2026
Karia’s film is uneven, but, as with its aforementioned staging of “To be or not to be,” it tosses enough new ideas around to keep us watching. Read full review
60
Time OutAndrzej LukowskiJan 27, 2026
At the end of the day, it’s not really Hamlet, it’s something new that uses the words from Hamlet. But at its best, it’ll still hit you with all the force of Shakespeare's existential masterpiece. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 13, 2025
With director Aneil Karia’s interpretation, we get the great Riz Ahmed in the role, which is reason enough for the film to exist — but it’s perhaps the only one in a remake that might better have chosen not to be. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesSep 13, 2025
Karia’s attempts to make the play cinematic work well at times. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesApr 9, 2026
The final takeaway isn’t tragedy. It’s histrionics. Read full review
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