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I love the play of Hamlet thats why I don't like this movie. For one thing they cut out almost half of the text including some of the most important moments in the play.
With the exception of Glenn Close and Ian Holm the performances are quite simply sub-par especially in the case of Helena Bohnam Carter as Ophelia.
The film seems to be an attempt at complimenting the Lawrence Oliver version of 1948. Both deal completely with the psychological while omitting the political and they both go with the Freuden theory of the Oedipal complex. This was most apparent when they showed Hamlet thrusting at Gertrude in her bed. The problem with this interpretation is that in order to support it you must disregard everything you know about the culture of the renaissance.
They also cut out the Act 4 Scene 4 soliloquy, granted about 90% of the Hamlet films do but this simply shows a misunderstanding of the text. That soliloquy is the second turning point, the moment where Hamlet realizes his duty and becomes a man, and the entire fifth act seems like a mindless contradiction without it.
If you want to see a film of Hamlet from someone who actually understands the play I suggest Kenneth Branagh's film.
score 5/10
espenshade55 22 September 2004
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