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Hamlet (1996) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Hamlet (1996) a score of 3.0055 out of 4

based on (97) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(63)

Good

(11)

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Boxoffice Magazine

"There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow," says the Danish prince Hamlet near the all exeunt end of this four-hour, full-length version, and actor/adapter/director Kenneth Branagh gives the words a fragilely melancholic understanding that...read the complete Hamlet (1996) review at Boxoffice Magazine

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Dragan Antulov

would use it as source of inspiration. Many film adaptations ofHAMLET were made, but they all had one major flaw. Theunabridged text of Shakespeare's play usually resulted in four hoursof performance on the stage. Those four hours were too much for...read the complete Hamlet (1996) review at Dragan Antulov

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New York Times (Janet Maslin)

As star and ringmaster, Branagh gets to the heart of Hamlet and goes to admirable lengths to take his audience there, too....read the complete Hamlet (1996) review at New York Times (Janet Maslin)