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Hamlet (2000)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 2/19

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2/19: Don't pay any attention to the movie poster of Ethan Hawke.

Such images are easy to fool people into thinking the actual product will be good. It's how I got duped. Initially apprehensive, I was hoping hard that Hamlet contained none of the Shakespearean language by keeping everything modern as possible, but alas, I was dead wrong.

Sorry, there's nothing positive to say. It simply put me to sleep. Unsurprisingly, the movie barely made money. It's probable the potential viewers heard about Julia Stiles' cringeworthy crying scenes and decided to opt out.

All in all, one cinema version of Hamlet is enough, and that's Laurence Olivier's.