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Hamlet

1996 · 242 min

A long, stately plunge into grief and scheming, richly staged and verbally dense, rewarding patience with mounting dread.

Tagline
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Overview
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • madness
  • grief
  • betrayal
  • morality
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity9
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Kenneth Branagh
Starring
Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Richard Briers, Nicholas Farrell, Rufus Sewell, Reece Dinsdale
Music
Patrick Doyle
Cinematography
Alex Thomson
Runtime
242 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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