Pssst, want to check out Hamlet in our new look?
Information
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 131 min.
- Director
- Alexander Fodor
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rating *
- 6.8
- Votes *
- 50
- Checks
- 2
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:2)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Wow. I'm really ambivalent about this experimental, artsy take on my favorite play (I'm collecting them, so the purchase was a no-brainer). Sometimes clever, sometimes pretentious. Sometimes stylish, sometimes awkwardly staged. Sometimes beautiful, and others, amateurish. Whatever it is, it's always interesting and never boring. Fodor does things like change the sex of Polonius and Horatio, creating entirely new relationships with other characters (Horatio is majorly hot), and one can't dismiss his (e)state of Denmark's corruption. The omni-presence of the ghost is also well handled. I'm less entranced by the acting by all these first timers, especially Hamlet's. I mean, fluffing lines? One thing's for sure, the staging definitely undercuts Hamlet's arc, or else heavily hinges on you knowing the story and thus deducing its meanings. 7 years 4 months ago