Product Description

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 3-MAY-2005
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22648 in DVD
• Brand: BYRNE,GABRIEL
• Released on: 2003-08-05
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: Danish, English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

Customer Reviews

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What an awful "play" on Hamlet. With such good acters (Helen Mirren!!), I expected a really well done movie. The acting seemed forced, the plot ridiculous - unlike Shakepeare's Hamlet. Very badly directed.

What a complete waste of talent & source material
This movie could have been so good! Drawing from Saxo Grammaticus rather than Shakespeare, the movie aims to present the Hamlet story in a more historical context. This is quite laudable, and certainly the producers had a more than talented cast at their disposal, but this was an opportunity completely squandered. I can only assume that this was done on a shoestring budget, since there seem to be only 2 dozen extras available at any given time & the battle scenes are nothing short of laughable. Still, one can tell a good story and manage to pinch the pennies. The story told here is disjointed, poorly constructed, and far too abbreviated. 85 minutes simply does not allow for the development of either plot or character, and the movie suffers badly as a result. This was a huge disappointment, and only the performances by Byrne & Mirren begin to salvage it. I suppose renting it wouldn't be a complete waste --- it certainly won't be a waste of time, since it's over almost as soon as it has begun --- but only a lunatic would spend money on this dud.

Castles and Kings
Features a younger Christian Bale (made in 1993). Gabriel Byrne is great, as usual, as the brother of the king, who murders the king. Bale is the son of the king, and feigns madness when his father is murdered-mainly to stay alive and let his uncle claim the throne. Revenge comes later. Based on legend. Different, and entertaining.