Considered the 'best' Hamlet after Olivier, Brannagh frequently overacts, but this movie - with its full-four-hours-long play - is a masterpiece. Winslet, already talented beyond her age, is quite green, and yet, lovely as Ophelia.
This review of Hamlet (1996) was written by Ana Claudia P on 04 Dec 2010.
Hamlet has generally received positive reviews.
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