Director: Aneil Karia Producer: Allie Moore, James Wilson, Michael Lesslie, Riz Ahmed, Tommy Oliver Studio: Vertical Entertainment Starring: Riz Ahmed, Art Malik, Joe Alwyn, Timothy Spall, Morfydd Clark, Sheeba Chaddha Genre: Drama Running Time: 114 minutes
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 7:34:59 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Shakespeare would never have imagined a lush, musical, colourful production like this one. Ahmed brings rhythm and intensity to his Hamlet, and lifting out of its usual torpor brings life and energy to the lines. More than worth a watch.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 9:04:36 PM | (Age Not Specified)
When early on, Hamlet's interactions and asides, digitally recorded of course, whispered unevenly in his high-pitched voice, make understanding an auditory hurdle, it irritates enough to torpedo pleasure in the rest of this post-modern, post-British creation. The rest of the movie is a salad of good and bad filmic ideas, possibly worth seeing, if not getting Shakespeare's words this way.
