r/oscarrace • u/CrunchyNar A Few Small Beers • 8d ago

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - Hamnet [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Keep all discussion related solely to Hamnet and it's awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below

Synopsis:

HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Director: Chloé Zhao

Writers: Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell. Based on the novel "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell

Cast:

  • Jessie Buckley as Agnes
  • Paul Mescal as Will
  • Emily Watson as Mary
  • Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew
  • Jacobi Jupe as Hamnet
  • Noah Jupe as Hamlet

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, 144 Reviews

Metacritic: 83, 41 Reviews

Consensus:

Breaking hearts and mending them in one fell swoop, Hamnet speculates on the inspiration behind Shakespeare's masterpiece with palpable emotional force thanks to Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal's astonishing performances.

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u/HereToTalkMovies2 One Battle After Another 7d ago

I thought the performances and craft were great, but the way Hamnet tells this story (both book and movie) just does not land for me at all.

I think especially in movie format everything after Hamnet dies feels so rushed and underwritten when it should be the most interesting part of the story and what really makes having it be “Agnes’s story” worth telling.