Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, Brian Glover
This re-telling of Hamlet goes back to the original Danish source material. The opening scenario remains the same: Hamlet's father murdered by his brother who then weds the widowed mother. Hamlet must...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 31, 2005
Stats: 54 reviews
A really interesting look at the story of Hamlet. It is well acted, but the production value is quite low and it looks like a made for T.V. movie. The visual style is not very extravagant and quite basic. It relies on the strong actors to carry the film.
A fratricide, an incestuous relationship, someone called Amled pretending to be mad so that he could have his revenge. Sounds exactly like "Hamlet", only that is the other way around, Shakespeare had this old danish tale as a source of inspiration for his infinitely more famous p...( read more)
This is based on the original story of King of Denmark (Hamlet), is intresting to compare the story of Shakespeare to this while watching. The acting is pretty good, especially Ch. Bale. The low budget really shows and is a disadvantage.
Great actors in this movie and they played their roles very well. It was just good. I wasn't jumping up and down about it.
Well, the plot was kinda typical.....so was the ending. The movie poster makes the movie look better. Oh well. There's a lot of naked women in it. Lol. That's the only reason it's rated R. Kate Beckinsale had such a small part. She looks really different, so I was like, where is ...( read more)
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