Hamlet is a 2000 American film written and directed by Michael Almereyda, set in contemporary New York City, and based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. Ethan Hawke plays Hamlet as a film student, Julia Stiles co-stars as Ophelia, Laertes by Liev Schreiber, Uncle Claudius by Kyle MacLachlan, and Polonius by Bill Murray. In this version of Hamlet, Claudius becomes King and CEO of "Denmark Corporation", having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet's father. This adaptation keeps the Shakespearean dialogue but presents a modern setting, with technology such as video... cameras, Polaroid cameras, and surveillance bugs. For example, the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father first appears on closed-circuit TV. The reviews of this film have been divided. Metacritic, a review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 70/100, based on 32 reviews from mainstream critics. According to Rotten Tomatoes, 56% of the critics gave positive reviews based on 82 reviews, while 67% of the major critics gave favorable reviews.
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| Release date: | May 12, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Michael Almereyda |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Producer: | Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby |
| Editor: | Kristina Boden |
| Music by: | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography: | John de Borman |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Almereyda |
| Adapted from: | Hamlet |
| Genre: | Thriller |