8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Hamlet (1996)
Hamlet (1996)
Overview
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
8.2
Overview
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film, a faithful adaptation of Shakespeare's classic, explores universal themes of power, morality, and revenge within a monarchical context, without explicitly promoting or critiquing modern political ideologies.
Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Hamlet features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative remains faithful to the original play's themes, focusing on universal human drama rather than incorporating modern DEI critiques or making such themes central to its plot.
Secondary
The film is deeply steeped in a Christian worldview, using its concepts of sin, salvation, divine judgment, and the afterlife as fundamental elements of the narrative and character motivations. While characters struggle with moral failings, the film's narrative implicitly affirms Christian virtues and the spiritual reality of its tenets rather than critiquing the faith itself.
Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the traditional heterosexual relationships and dramatic conflicts inherent in Shakespeare's original play, resulting in no identifiable LGBTQ+ portrayal.
Kenneth Branagh's 1996 film adaptation of Hamlet faithfully presents Shakespeare's original play. It does not include any transsexual characters or themes, as these elements are absent from the source material and were not introduced in this particular cinematic interpretation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
All major characters in Kenneth Branagh's 1996 film adaptation of Hamlet maintain the same gender as established in Shakespeare's original play. There are no instances of characters canonically male or female being portrayed as a different gender.
The 1996 film adapts Shakespeare's play, set in historical Denmark. All major characters, implicitly white in the source material and historical context, are portrayed by white actors in this adaptation. No character's established race was changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
7.3
Critic Ratings
9.5
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