Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Acting
Ethan Hawke's slacker prince, somehow more relatable than Olivier.
Direction
Almereyda's surveillance-camera Denmark Corporation is genuinely inspired.
Cinematography
Pixelated ghosts and limos—digital rot as visual metaphor.
Director
Michael Almereyda
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