Hamlet (2025)
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Haunted by his father's ghost, Prince Hamlet descends from elite London society into the city's underground to seek vengeance.
The story
Haunted by his father's ghost, Prince Hamlet descends from elite London society into the city's underground, moving between Hindu temples and homeless camps. In seeking to avenge his father's murder, he begins to question his own role in his family's corruption.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Haunted by his father's ghost, Prince Hamlet descends from elite London society into the city's underground, moving between Hindu temples and homeless camps. In seeking to avenge his father's murder, he begins to question his own role in his family's corruption.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 113
- Production countries
- United Kingdom; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Aneil Karia
- Writers
- Michael Lesslie · writer
- Cast and characters
- Riz Ahmed · Prince Hamlet; Art Malik · Claudius; Morfydd Clark · Ophelia; Joe Alwyn · Laertes; Sheeba Chaddha · Gertrude; Timothy Spall · Polonius; Avijit Dutt · the ghost of Hamlet's father
- Genres
- drama
- Themes
- vengeance; corruption
- Tone and mood
- contemporary
- Premise and plot tags
- modern adaptation; urban
- Source material / true-story basis
- William Shakespeare's Hamlet
- Reception
- Metacritic assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 61 · scale: 100 · review count: 22
- Production trivia
- Principal photography took place in London, England from 8 November to 21 December 2023.
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