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By Pat Brown (171) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 25 Jun 2019

Transforming Ophelia’s abuser into a helpful co-conspirator hardly seems like the most daring feminist reading of Hamlet…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 May 2019

This vigorous, colorful and clever melodrama smartly rethinks both the play and the character, making her a far more proactive figure than…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 24 May 2019

Ridley is simply extraordinary, and she and MacKay give us a younger, lustier Ophelia and Hamlet than we usually get on the big screen…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for The Guardian (2,969) on 24 May 2019

This film looks absolutely gorgeous, but apart from its production design it is basically a disaster…

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By Daniel Schindel (90) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 May 2019

Even if the conceit is faulty, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for this film to rework this material into an intelligent riff on the…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for Variety (12,700) on 20 May 2019

The best part of Ridley’s performance is her plodding, heavy-footed walk that reminds us this well-groomed lady is still a stubborn child…

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By Anthony Ray Bench (69) for Film Threat (5,156) on 08 Jan 2019

Ophelia is an amazing movie that puts a positive feminist spin on a very familiar story…

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By Rachel Leishman (8) for The Mary Sue (174) on 04 Jan 2019

Ophelia is a wonderful movie and one that, if you're a nerd for Shakespeare and his work, you'll absolutely love…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 08 Dec 2018

Shakespeare's famously mad victim gets to tell her story in a visually sumptuous adaptation of Lisa Klein's novel…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 28 Nov 2018

Hard-line traditionalists might clutch their thesis papers and faint, but those interested in radical approaches to art will be amused at how…

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By Amyana Bartley (18) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 16 Nov 2018

It would be easy to be seduced by Ophelia's visual beauty alone and call it good, but, for a smashing review, I am seeking something fully…

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By James M (2,946) on 05 Nov 2018

I went to see Ophelia this evening as part of the British Film Festival in Australia…

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By Tiffany Tchobanian (24) for Film Threat (5,156) on 01 Nov 2018

This Ophelia is far from mad and helpless. Semi Chellas's adaptation inspires and entertains…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 23 Oct 2018

There are enough touches of The Bard scattered and splattered in a mostly lavish-looking chick flick that even has an occasional kick…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 22 Oct 2018

Ophelia is a refreshing addition to the bold sub-genre of Shakespeare-inspired plays and films that weave in and around the prolific English…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Film Racket (579) on 18 Oct 2018

Whether this all works is up for debate, but I will say it would take a better writer than me to take a stab at rewriting Shakespeare's greatest play…

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By Kimberly Pierce (77) for Geek Girl Authority (113) on 24 Aug 2018

[Claire] McCarthy's work combines with fascinating performances to tell a version of Hamlet we've never seen before…

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By Dan Schindel (235) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Feb 2018

After an agreeably high-energy opening stretch, the movie settles into a fairly sedate mode it can't pull out of…

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By William L (364) on 26 Jan 2018

Modifying the narrative of Hamlet was anything but a safe bet. This film had no right to be as good as it is…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 26 Jan 2018

Opheliais both hopelessly beholden to Shakespeare and yet unwilling to completely break free from it…

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