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Hamlet (2000) Movie Review

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Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julia Stiles, Kyle MacLachlan
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hamlet (2000)
Modernized version of one Shakespeare's great plays has some good qualitites to it such as some tremendous acting on the part of Hawke as Hamlet and on Stiles as Ophelia. But the film fails due to some things that could not be modernized. Overall a good attempt.
--Brian Oliver, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of movie: - distant past
Family, struggling with Yes
Struggle with: - Mother - Step Parent(s)

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive - irritated - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - theater

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - all mixed up
Any profanity? - None
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