Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) by Matthew S — 02 Aug 2007

Tom Stoppard is just a flippin' genius. Gary Oldman & Tim Roth are brilliant. Makes you rethink Hamlet completely. And gives you something to laugh at.

This review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) was written by Matthew S on 02 Aug 2007.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Ripö M (410) on 01 Dec 2010

Seems curiously stage-bound and doesn't make the leap to celluloid…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Cyrus W (78) on 12 Nov 2013

The play's legendary humor is very evident in this humorous adaptation of Tom Stoppard's play…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Brenton A (159) on 03 Apr 2011

It is certainly the best existential angst-filled adaptation of Shakespeare from the point of view of two minor characters that I have ever seen…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Garrett ! (156) on 18 Apr 2011

Tim Roth is awesome as per usual!!!! Great classic film... Unknown by many…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Jenna I (601) on 31 Dec 2011

I'm just going to straight up copy and paste the Critic review below this box: A disastrous adaptation of an excellent play…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Saban E (280) on 17 Jul 2011

Took several tries to get to the end of this…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Jesse O (1,397) on 24 Aug 2012

I'f you've read the play then see the movie. If you've seen the movie read the play. If you have done none of the above, then do them both…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Henry A (75) on 26 Jul 2012

Alas, I didn't end up auditioning for the Hart House production because I didn't have the Shakespearean monologue ready…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Jessica N (345) on 23 Oct 2010

Though I havent seen it performed on stage as of yet, it is immediately apparent that this plays better on the stage than in the film…

Read Review

Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

By Steve M (1,420) on 03 Nov 2012

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a two hour long movie about two commoners that wander around making mathematical discoveries and posing…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Hurlyburly (1998)

By Kevin R (2,184) on 25 Mar 2012

Never before have I seen a film and hated its characters more than this movie. I suppose in that sense, the movie might be a success…

Read Review

Review of Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Jan 2000

It's about what you'd expect -- slow, dry, fleetingly intelligent…

Read Review

Review of Angoor (1982)

By Wahida K (516) on 14 Aug 2010

Frankly I was expecting a Unique Comedy with Devan Verma and Sanjeev Kumar in Double roles, but I was very dissapointed…

Read Review

Review of Naked Boys Singing! (2007)

By Alexander M (289) on 20 Jul 2008

If there every was a time when I said There's 90 minutes of my life I'll never get back it was after watching Naked Boys Singing…

Read Review

Review of The West Side Waltz (1995)

By Fernando J (68) on 10 Oct 2008

Una pelicula cariÃ±osa, entretenida y con un gran casting (aunque Kathy Bates tiene un papel mÃnimo)…

Read Review

Review of Everything You Want (2005)

By Heidi H (156) on 04 May 2008

Another hollywood lovestory, same old.. dull and totally foreseeable…

Read Review

Review of Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)

By Dearbhlan (1) on 31 Dec 2020

This would be a great play. However doesnt translate into a film. Accents were ridulous. Story line a farse…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991

76%563 Reviews

Dark Crimes

2016

39%48 Reviews

Paranoid Park

2007

69%650 Reviews

The Crucible

1996

72%468 Reviews

Due Date

2010

59%762 Reviews

Thor

2011

68%1,247 Reviews

Downstream

2009

48%13 Reviews

21 Grams

2003

76%773 Reviews

Dolemite

1975

62%154 Reviews

Home

2014

67%9 Reviews