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Hamlet (1990)
Released By: Warner Home Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Warner Home Video
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Glenn Close, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, Mel Gibson, Pete Postlethwaite
Published ID: 3349
UPC: 085391903321,
Plot: Franco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy {+Hamlet}. The titular prince of Denmark (Mel Gibson), returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father has died and his uncle Claudius (Alan Bates) is the new king. To make matters worse, Claudius has married Hamlet's mother, Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close), whom he has unusually strong feelings for. Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost (Paul Scofield), who asks him to seek revenge for his murder. In order to find out who the real killer is, Hamlet stages a theatrical scene resembling his father's death. Claudius is upset by the production and leaves to arrange for Hamlet's murder. In the ensuing confusion, Hamlet accidentally kills Polonious (Ian Holm) instead of Claudius; Hamlet's lover, Ophelia (Helena Bonham Carter), goes mad and commits suicide; and eventually Hamlet and Claudius both meet their fate. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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Mel Gibson's version of Hamlet, the Movie
Added 11/4/2009

Saw the movie before seeing the play on Broadway with Jude Law. If I had not seen the movie, it would have been very difficult to watch the play and understand what was going on. Mel did a great job in playing Hamlet. The whole cast was excellent. I highly recommend this movie, if you are a Shakespeare fan.

Mike K

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Hamlet - Excellent movie!
Added 9/28/2009

Hello I'm an autistic adult.

This is my review on Hamlet - dvd.

I rented this from my local library & have watched it on tv on the regular channel's a couple of times & really enjoy the movie. Mel Gibson is great as Hamlet in the movie. Excellent actor. I can't praise up the movie enough. If you get into Shakespeare then watch this movie. You'll really enjoy it I know I have.

Happy Movie Hunting!


0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Excellent product
Added 9/9/2009

Is an excellent film, specially for the students that are learning about William Shakespeare famous plays, what a better way to do so .
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Worth having
Added 8/3/2009

The screenplay takes great liberties with the script--some radical abbreviations--but overall, it was aesthetically delightful.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Dreadful
Added 5/8/2009

This film has many problems, bad cuts, miscasting, etc. - but I'll limit myself to Mel Gibson here. This is the most ridiculous Hamlet I've ever seen. Mel plays him with swaggering machismo (the only thing he is capable of) and it is wrong, wrong, wrong. Hamlet is a passive-aggressive type; he is indirect in everything he does. Laurence Olivier's is a good example as to how he should be played. Gibson's doesn't even make any sense.

And as far as the cuts, they're particularly bad here, but everyone does it. Olivier cuts quite a bit out of it himself. Brannagh's is the only film version I know of with no cuts at all and unfortunately I feel it is as wrong as this one.

2 out of 6 people found this helpful.
Mel Gibson's version of Hamlet, the Movie
Added 11/4/2009

Saw the movie before seeing the play on Broadway with Jude Law. If I had not seen the movie, it would have been very difficult to watch the play and understand what was going on. Mel did a great job in playing Hamlet. The whole cast was excellent. I highly recommend this movie, if you are a Shakespeare fan.

Mike K

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Hamlet - Excellent movie!
Added 9/28/2009

Hello I'm an autistic adult.

This is my review on Hamlet - dvd.

I rented this from my local library & have watched it on tv on the regular channel's a couple of times & really enjoy the movie. Mel Gibson is great as Hamlet in the movie. Excellent actor. I can't praise up the movie enough. If you get into Shakespeare then watch this movie. You'll really enjoy it I know I have.

Happy Movie Hunting!


0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Excellent product
Added 9/9/2009

Is an excellent film, specially for the students that are learning about William Shakespeare famous plays, what a better way to do so .
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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