Hamlet (2000)

	Kevin Thomas - LA Times
	Elvis Mitchell - NY Times
	Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
	Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
	Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
	Jay Carr - Boston Globe
	Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News
	Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
	Peter Brunette - Film.com
	Michael Wilmington – Chicago Tribune
	Arthur Lazere - culturevulture.net
	James Berardinelli - ReelViews
	Desson Howe - Washington Post
	Michael Dequina - The Reel Site
	Jonathan Foreman - NY Post

“[M]akes Shakespeare accessible in an exciting and provocative manner beyond all expectations”

- Kevin Thomas

“[M]ay well be the dullest and most pointless version ever filmed”

- Jonathan Foreman

Hamlet

Modern-day adaptation set in Manhattan with Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) trying to avenge the death of his father, the CEO of the Denmark Corporation. Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard, Diane Venora, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Steve Zahn, Jeffrey Wright, Casey Affleck, Karl Geary, Paula Malcomson, Dechen Thurman. Director: Michael Almereyda (2000, R)

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