Hamnet (2025)
Keep your heart open.
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 26 November 2025 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Director | Chloé Zhao |
| Starring | Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Emily Watson |
| Runtime | 125 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes 86% · TMDB users 7.7/10 |
| Budget | $30 million |
Where to watch Hamnet
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What kind of watch this is
Chloé Zhao directs this 125-minute drama, pairing Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in a story that explores the grief behind Shakespeare’s most famous play. It is a quiet, heavy piece that treats loss as a physical weight rather than a plot device. The film lingers on the silence between people who have lost something they cannot name. It is less about who died and more about how the living rearrange their lives to fit the absence. If you can sit with stillness, this is the watch.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes counts 86% positive reviews as of January 2026. Metacritic lands on 84, which it files under universal acclaim. The consensus leans heavily on the leads. David Fear of Rolling Stone noted that people "will be talking about Jessie Buckley's performance for years." Peter Debruge of Variety called the film "so emotionally raw as to be almost excruciating at times." Kyle Smith of The Wall Street Journal disagreed, labeling it "quintessential Oscar bait.
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- Hamnet on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q122741016 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Hamnet (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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