Apollo Movie Guide's Review of Hamlet (1996)

On DVD

·Surrogates (2009)

·10 Things I Hate About You

·Monsters, Inc.

·Silence of the Lambs, The

·Thelma and Louise

In Theatres

·I Killed My Mother

·Lovely Bones, The

<A class="APCAnchor" HREF="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?AID=52937&PSTID=5&LTID=16&lang=1">Buy Posters at AllPosters.com </A>

Hamlet (1996)

Apollo Movie Guide's Review Hamlet (1996)

Apollo Score:

Readers' Rating: 85/100

(43 votes - Click here to give your score)

Summary

Shakespeare's most famous play is given the royal treatment at the hands of a master-interpreter. Branagh's now definitive unabridged four-hour Hamlet gives us a Shakespearean film as beautiful to see, as it is to hear.

Shop for the Poster

1996
UK, USA
238 minutes

Rated PG-13 for some violent images and sexuality.

Read the full review by Dan Jardine

Not since Akira Kurosawa�s Ran (a Japanese King Lear) has there been such an energetic, visually exciting presentation of a Shakespearean play. - Dan Jardine

Latest on "Hamlet (1996)" from the readers' mailbag

�Branagh's use of black-and-white imagery?� The film was made in Technicolor, and beautifu...read more

Read all about Hamlet (1996):

	Read the full movie review by Dan Jardine.
	Cast and director filmographies and biographies.
	See reader mail on this movie, or send in your own comments.
	DVD features.
	Links to other web sites about Hamlet (1996).
	Apollo Guide's poster store.
	Give your own rating to Hamlet (1996).
	Shop for this movie at Amazon.com.
	See our recommended movie matches for Hamlet (1996).
	Get a printer-friendly version of the full review.

Just Reviewed

·I Killed My Mother

·Other Boleyn Girl, The

·Surrogates (2009)

·Lovely Bones, The

·I Love You, Man

On Blu-ray

·Godfather Part II, The

·Surrogates (2009)

·Dogtown and Z-Boys

·10 Things I Hate About You

·Mask of Zorro, The

·Fight Club (1999)

Movie Search Form

movie page footer

Click Here

[ home ] [ movies ] [ dvd ] [ search ]
-- all info on this site �1998-2008 Apollo Communications Ltd.
Apollo Guide's Privacy Statement