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Movie Overview
Cast
• Kenneth Branagh
• Charlton Heston
• Derek Jacobi
Director
• Kenneth Branagh
MPAA Rating
PG-13
Hamlet (1996)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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4.5/5
"La cinta de Branagh evitó rescatar momentos cumbres y optó por dar fuerza al guión original."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

4/5
"Yes, it's long, but you'd be surprised how fast it goes by, a testament to the incredible source material Branagh got to work with."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

88/100
"Not since Akira Kurosawa's Ran (a Japanese King Lear) has there been such an energetic, visually exciting presentation of a Shakespearean play."  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

"Stars Kenneth Branagh as a vigorous man of action who sets out to accomplish his mission with firm resolve."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

4/4
"I have seen dozens of versions of this play (either on screen or on stage), and none has ever held me in such a grip of awe."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3.5/4
"Not many filmmakers would dare to film and then market a four-hour film like this, but Branagh pulls it off marvelously."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

8/10
"...four hours go by quickly when you're having fun. It's a class act all the way."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

low +2 out of -4..+4
"It is a flawed adaptation, but still probably the best cinematic theatrical release of Shakespeare's Hamlet"  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3/4
"In spite of its length, Hamlet is a relevant and moving film."  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

5/5
"Uma versão à altura (senão melhor) do clássico de Laurence Olivier."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

5/5
"Die-hard Bard students may quibble, but this gargantuan and glorious Hamlet is a movie-lover's paradise."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

7/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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