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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA modestly inventive but curiously bloodless version of the Bard’s timeless tragedy.
- 50Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonLos Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonA focused, if at times melodramatic, take on the play's beating heart.
- 40Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamPeter Wingfield delivers an engagingly oily Claudius, and Lara Gilchrist's Ophelia is radiant. But Ramsay's Hamlet's madness never really overcomes the character's traditional emo temperament.
- 40The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldWhile Mr. Ramsay accomplishes some kind of a trick in streamlining the play, his trimming of corners feels more like a taking away of the center.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUltimately, there’s little to distinguish the proceedings other than their brevity. By the time the piece reaches its familiar death-strewn conclusion, with guns taking the place of swords, it has come to seem like little more than an ill-conceived exercise.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis Canadian Hamlet, completed years ago, is as airless as a tomb.