Hamlet(2000)- User Reviews

The actors were dressed in modern clothes, talking on cells etc... but when they talked to their parents they adressed them as madam and as my lord... Total piece of *****...how can ppl waste money in producing a movie so sucky. I had to watch it and …more»

That film left a bad taste in my mouth. Somehow, the editor of the script managed to butcher Shakespeare's image by slicing the script to death and ruining every single scene and destroying the character's motivations, including the lovely Ophelia's …more»

I watched this whole movie, and it felt like one big, very badly directed art school movie. The actors spoke mainly in monotone voices even during the most interesting parts of the story, as if they were as bored as the viewer is watching it. Ethan Hawke …more»

When seeing this movie at the video rental, I thought wow great another twist on a classic. Being an avid Hamlet fan (love movies, books, twists on it, etc), I was excited. After seeing this movie however I was throughly disapointed, they tried so hard …more»

I can not tell you that I watched more than
15 mins. of this movie. BECAUSE the movie is a modern day Hamlet. Don't let Bill Murray fool you
into renting/buying this flick.They might as well be talking in tongues, because you will not understand a …more»

It is not an easy task to make a modern day representation of one of Shakespeare's plays, especially when keeping the original dialogue, and especially when dealing with one of his biggest plays, Hamlet. But this movie does it perfectly, using a number …more»

As a literature teacher, I have read and seen this play numerous times. But Almareyda's Manhattan version of the story was the first time I ever had an emotional reaction to Hamlet's fate. It was also the first time Shakespeare's language …more»

This is among the worst movies i have ever had the "pleasure" of seeing. It was so incredibly bad. The whole modern ***** makes the nearly impossible to understand even worse, especially when the comparison's to our modern world are done …more»

If I were not too conventional to keep my taste, I��d have to admit that I was tortured when I watched this movie. Not because of its acting, nor of its visuals. The most intolerable defect of this movie is, that the loss of the original intent of the …more»

I never was a huge Shakespeare fan. The more recent Romeo and Juliet was modernized well, adn I enjoyed it.

This movie is truly great. The characters are inspiring, and story, well it's Shakespeare - need I say more?

The case is all around very …more»