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Over fifty films of William Shakespeare's Hamlet have been made since 1900. [1] Seven post-war Hamlet films have had a theatrical release: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet of 1948; Grigori Kozintsev's 1964 Russian adaptation; a film of the John Gielgud-directed 1964 Broadway production, Richard Burton's Hamlet, which played limited engagements that same year; Tony Richardson's 1969 version (the first ...
Films based on the theatrical play Hamlet (c. 1599-1601) by William Shakespeare. The play is in turn an adaptation of the legend of Amleth , as depicted in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus . Pages in category "Films based on Hamlet "
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 132 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads: "Flawed yet intriguing, Ophelia uses Hamlet as the starting point for a noble attempt to offer a misunderstood character long-overdue agency."
Critical reaction for the film tended towards the positive, with an overall rating of 61% on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 31 reviews.The website's consensus reads, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead struggles in its journey from stage to screen, but a well-chosen trio of veteran talents keep things consistently watchable."
Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, adapted and directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director and the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed (the 1936 As You Like It had starred Olivier, but had been directed by Paul Czinner).
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 59% of 97 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Stiff performances fail to produce any tension onscreen." [2] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 70/100, based on 32 reviews from mainstream critics. [3]
1. Conclave (2024). Director: Edward Berger Run Time: 120 minutes Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes 93% | IMDb 7.4/10 Directed by Edward Berger, Conclave is a mystery based on the 2016 Robert Harris novel ...
A later editorial in the same paper would refer to Gibson's performance as "the most unaffected and lucid Hamlet in memory." [3] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 76% based on reviews from 37 critics. The site's consensus was, "It may lack some of the depth and complexity of the play, but Mel Gibson and Franco Zeffirelli ...