Hamnet (2025) (original) (raw)

The story of Agnes - the wife of William Shakespeare - as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. A human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare's most famous play, Hamlet.

The story of Agnes - the wife of William Shakespeare - as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. A human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare's most famous play, Hamlet. (less)

Director: Chlo� Zhao
Writer: Chlo� Zhao
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, Faith Delaney, Jacobi Jupe
Producer: Pippa Harris

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 10, 2025

7 / 10

In the troubled year of 2020, writer/director Chloe Zhao managed a career breakthrough with �Nomadland,� offering a sobering exploration of American economic and social survival woes in a feature that found an audience and was rewarded with Oscar gold, including Best Picture and Best Director. Zhao was teed up to do whatever she wanted, but she went the Marvel way, taking command of 2021�s �Eternals,� endeavoring to bring her spare style and interest in soulful investigation to the picture. The expensive movie didn�t work, and it crashed at the box office, and now four years later, Zhou return ...read more...

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