Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier's Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare's beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world's greatest dramatists.
Hamlet has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Hamlet (1948)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 27 Jan 1962
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Review of Hamlet (1948)
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Review of Hamlet (1948)
By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Jun 1963
Review of Hamlet (1948)
Review of Hamlet (1948)
Review of Hamlet (1948)
Review of Hamlet (1948)
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Review of Hamlet (1948)
By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 07 Jan 1966
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Review of Hamlet (1948)
By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 03 Sep 1988
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Review of Hamlet (1948)
Review of Hamlet (1948)
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Hamlet was released in 1948 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 30 reviews, giving Hamlet (1948) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, film critics much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 43%. Professional critics enjoyed Hamlet far more than standard cinema audiences.
With a score of 77%, Hamlet is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1948, which stands at 62%.
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