Hamlet

– To be or not to be, etc...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 58 Minutes
Release Year:
2000
Hamlet (2000)

To be or not to be, etc.

Hamlet (2000) - Trailer

Release Date:

23 Jun 2000

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Almereyda

Writer:

William Shakespeare (play), Michael Almereyda (screen adaptation)

Main Actors:

Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard

Plot:

New York, 2000. A specter in the guise of the newly-dead CEO of Denmark Corporation appears to Hamlet, tells of murder most foul, demands revenge, and identifies the killer as Claudius, the new head of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and now step-father. Hamlet must determine if the ghost is truly his father, and if Claudius did the deed. To buy time, Hamlet feigns madness; to catch his uncle's conscience, he invites him to watch a film he's made that shows a tale of murder. Finally convinced of Claudius's guilt, Hamlet must avenge his father. Claudius now knows Hamlet is a threat and even uses Ophelia, Hamlet's love, in his own plots against the young man. Murder will out?

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations.

Production:

Miramax Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
Metacritic:
70%