Hamlet's Ghost

This lame, badly-written, poorly-acted, ill-conceived dumpster-dive of a film really doesn't deserve a review... except to warn potential viewers to ignore the 9 & 10 star reviews as bogus hype posts, and avoid this cow flop of anti-cinema.

1. Worst bald-head wig job in the history of... anything. Grade schoolers could have done better using a swimming cap.

2. Worst straw-hat-wearing looney with fake white hair. Of course, he *was* indeed wearing fake white hair, but that is irrelevant. Wouldn't fool a child, much less adult viewers.

3. Terrible sound editing and marble-mouth dialog makes parts of the movie impossible to understand.

4. Just to nitpick, main actor pronounces the game "Soduko" instead of "Sudoku"... and no one in production or editing catches it?

The basic plot is hum-drum done before. The story line is lame and leaves about a zillion strings hanging. There are several plot elements that are emphasized but never explained. I want to tie up the director for at least an amount of time equal to the time he cost me watching this under-baked turkey.

Seriously, this is a total mess of a film and a waste of an evening. Feel totally free to give it a pass and watch oh, anything else. This reeks.

I am a HAMLET fan. I've seen ten stage HAMLETS - even Ingmar Bergman's Swedish language version. I've seen great HAMLETS (Roger Rees & Ken Branagh) and abominable HAMLETS (Dirk Benedict). I've seen nearly every HAMLET film and related play and film made - but there was truly something rotten in the state of Denmark about HAMLET'S GHOST. The acting was wooden, the dialogue uninspired and the plot impossible to follow. I will say that for an indy B film, the technical elements were not as bad as they might have been. But what good is that when the film is so dank and dreary. I see it has won some Festival Awards and the other reviews on here are mostly positive - so chalk it up to taste. But I'd rather go swimming with Ophelia than watch this again.

This film had me captivated from the start. Haynes performance was riveting. A must see!

The mystery of the main characters journey kept me guessing and glued to the screen because i was eager for answers. I was definitely invested in the story. The score of the film was phenomenal it maintain the integrity of the suspense through out the film. If you follow sci fi this film falls into the category of X- Files meets Quantum Leap, it even had remnants of a Shawshank feel to it. I believe the filmmakers goals were to entertain and i think they did just that. This film stands uniquely on its own and could be very well be turned into a series, At the end I still wanted more because I was left with conclusions of my own.

Overall i had a good time and would recommend this film.

1. Cheap home movie style cinematography. 2. Poor audio level clarity. Poor enunciation. No subtitles so it was difficult to follow dialogue. 3. Cheap special effects of time travel was just editing a person out of a scene - poof (not even a poof) he's gone. 4. Acting was amateurish. 5. Worst of all, and Shakey himself would be rolling around in his grave (unless he was cremated), was the unintelligent time travel plot. Wouldn't pass a grade school science class.

Hamlet's Ghost was a surprise. When I saw Stephanie Zimbalist was attached to the project it added a bit of credibility. The story is an interesting one - a mystery involving time travel, murder, and staging of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Instead of following conventional story-lines about time travel, the movie slowly unrolls inexplicable events that become more confusing even when more clues are found. The resolution puts the streams and pieces together without tying up everything into a nice bow. Nicely done. Walker Haynes is growing in his craft. The writing and production were quality; the special effects were exceptional. A fun and intriguing film.