Hamnet

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Hamnet

PG-13

2025

2h 5m

Drama

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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Critics Consensus

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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A haunting journey through deep sorrow beautifully captured by Chloé Zhao, Hamnet will utterly crush you.

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Wenlei Ma

The Nightly (AU)

Jan 27

4.5/5

At the risk of seeming woo-woo, Hamnet does hold you in a metaphorical embrace, one which gives you permission to feel connected to emotions the rest of the world tells you to push down.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Jan 15

Mescal, rightly, takes a back seat while Buckley lets rip with the most astounding ferocity. It is ruthlessly manipulative and maybe you will be able to resist. But I’d take a hanky all the same.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Jan 13

4/5

The film’s storyline is more straightforward than the book’s and its main points are spelt out more emphatically but if the plot loses some of its delicacy on screen, the impact of its ending makes up for it.

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

16h

For some middle class layers the world is too much. Zhao’s film foists this state of mind on one of the most fearless writers of all time, who took on the most towering questions...

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Sucharita Tyagi

Sucharita Tyagi (YouTube)

19h

Wander with Agnes and her children in candle lit rooms of sadness and run wild in bewitched forests.

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Mauricio Jarufe Caballero

Cinencuentro

1d

...this is not the story of how Hamlet was created from tragedy, but of how tragedy (and therefore death) is always present in every creative act, and every creative act...exists because of them, and not in spite of them. [Full review in Spanish]

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melissa

9h

The acting, cinematography and screenplay

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John

2d

beautiful, emotional and an exceptional piece of art. a lens for a generation to look through and see the Shakespeare’s (Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley) on a deep and emotionally raw level. joy, anger, love and ultimately grief drive this film to its conclusion, masterfully. one of the best films of 2025. an instant classic with major Oscar potential. Chloé Zhao knew what she was making, and it was greatness.

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Reed S

3d

Theater scene was in old english and very hard to understand.

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Paul O

6d

Best movie I've seen in a long time

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John

Feb 22

Very well done. From start to finish you are in their world. Gripping!

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Elina

Feb 19

Great story, outstanding acting

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Synopsis

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): Dec 5, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 3, 2026
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.1M
Runtime: 2h 5m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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