2009 · drama · tv-movie · revenge
Hamlet
Directed by Gregory Doran3h 2m2009
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny.
Our read: Hamlet (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · tv-movie · revenge entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / tv-movie, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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How Hamlet feels to watch.
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“You want a gripping modern-dress Hamlet with raw performances and every word clear.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if long Shakespeare tragedy or inevitable tragic deaths will exhaust you.
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