Directed by Chloé Zhao
Certificate 12A
125 minutes
Released 9 January
Shakespeare’s romantic relationship, family life and the tragedy of bereavement resulted in his writing one of his bestknown plays, Hamlet. In Elizabethan England, we are told at the start of Hamnet, the two names were interchangeable. Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, this film is well-served by the landscape-friendly sensibilities of the director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland). [Read the rest at Reform magazine…]
[Read my longer review on this site…]
Hamnet is out in cinemas in the UK on Friday, January 9th.
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