Hamlet (1996)Movie Reviews

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+ Shakespeare's great tragedy -- all of it.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that kids will see Hamlet and Ophelia making love (without nudity), plus sword fights and poisonings. This is the only full-length production of the play on film.
  • Families can talk about whether it makes Shakespeare's work more accessible. Did the actors help you understand the arcane language? Why do you think the director choose to commit the entire play to film rather than trim it as other film versions do?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Not an issue
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Sword fights and poisoning.
  • sex false3 Sex: Hamlet and Ophelia make love onscreen, incarnating a relationship only suggested in the text. No nudity.
  • language false0 Language: Not an issue
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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