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Hamlet
- Director: Kenneth Branagh
- Writer: William Shakespeare; Kenneth Branagh
- Producer: David Barron
CGiii Comment
Without any shadow of doubt, Hamlet is a moody poof...
The first 20 minutes of this torturous epic are enough, the 'ghost' - call that a ghost!?!
...and, with the myriad of accents, you will be dizzily mystified in next to no time.
Jack Lemmon is utterly, utterly atrocious.
Robin Williams is utterly atrocious.
Derek Jacobi gives the only decent performance.
Branagh is all ham and ego...his theatricality is suited only for the stage - and, as director, his screaming [and obvious] self-love is utterly excruciating to watch.
Ooops...this just wasn't to be!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Cast & Characters
Riz Abbasi as Attendant to Claudius;
Richard Attenborough as English Ambassador;
David Blair as Attendant to Claudius;
Brian Blessed as Ghost of Hamlet's Father;
Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet;
Richard Briers as Polonius;
Michael Bryant as Priest;
Peter Bygott as Attendant to Claudius;
Julie Christie as Gertrude;
Billy Crystal as First Gravedigger;
Charles Daish as Stage Manager;
Judi Dench as Hecuba;
Gerard Depardieu as Reynaldo;
Reece Dinsdale as Guildenstern;
Ken Dodd as Yorick