Hamlet's Ghost

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.

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.

I loved this flick!

Rarely do I watch a movie without being distracted (darn ADD) but with this movie I was captivated from the beginning to end. Hamlet's Ghost is a mystery wrapped in a SciFi adventure sprinkled with some Shakespeare and tied up with an amazing Dr. Who-esque twist at the end that you totally don't see coming. Often today's big budget films follow a predictable formula but with Hamlet's Ghost - you won't figure out what's happening until the very end. Now, that's some great story telling!

Great film, great lead, great characters all around. You won't be disappointed. I can't wait for a sequel!

We loved viewing Hamlet's Ghost.

You've never seen Shakespeare like this. The set-up in this script written by Walker Haynes is part Noises Off, part X-Files, part John Grisham, part Shakespeare, and all engaging.

The concept is intriguing; the story is involving. You won't want to miss a minute. The cast represents both veteran and new actors. Everyone is cast perfectly. The handsome Hayes is in the lead role. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Hayes has turned some heads with his mildly successful previous projects. Hamlet's Ghost got some good talk and energy at this summer's Cannes film festival, too. Not bad for an independent filmmaker.

And Stephanie Zimbalist is Queen Gertrude. How could anything featuring Stephanie Zimbalist be anything but classy? Good work, all.

I love all things Hamlet but this cannot be saved by the Bard. The amateurish acting is the biggest distraction, but the incoherent narrative is disappointing. I liked the idea of time-traveling related to Hamlet, but all the clues add up to nothing. Glad I didn't pay to see this.