Hamnet

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Hamnet

PG-13

In Theaters Nov 26

2h 5m

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Romance

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From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

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Breaking hearts and mending them in one fell swoop, Hamnet speculates on the inspiration behind Shakespeare's masterpiece with palpable emotional force thanks to Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal's astonishing performances.

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David Robb

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Though Hamnet is concerned with bottomless grief and the unique power of art to express the inexpressible, it can’t help but telegraph its themes loudly and incessantly, its emotional register off-puttingly monotonous.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 21, 2025

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

The film is impeccably directed by Chloé Zhao.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 15, 2025

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London Evening Standard

Understandably for a work that is mostly inner monologue, Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao has had to make some changes, but has stayed impressively true to the spirit and the emotional punch of her source material.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 14, 2025

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Film Festival Today

Buckley and Mescal deliver sincere performances, but it’s only at the Globe that they can truly shine. Nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark; it’s just overly ripe before we get there.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 22, 2025

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David Crow

Den of Geek

In a manner that seems to counter how history can so easily absolve men of their marital or paternal failings—or omit them entirely—Zhao and Buckley make the unstated indignities of domestic life monumental.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 21, 2025

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Daniel Allen

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Let’s quickly cut to the chase. Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet will leave you devastated.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 20, 2025

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From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Director: Chloé Zhao
Producer: Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
Screenwriter: Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Book of Shadows, Amblin Entertainment, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 26, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 5m