Hamlet

Hamlet

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

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Release Date

12/25/1996

Runtime

242 mins

Genres

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$4,700,000

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A sprawling, intense adaptation that fully inhabits Shakespeare's psychological depth, this is Hamlet as an epic descent into paranoia and moral paralysis, unfolding with the weight and scope of grand tragedy.

Mood

Dread-soakedMelancholicTenseMournfulContemplative

Themes

RevengeFamilyBetrayalMortalityPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Widescreen epicFormalist

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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