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.

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 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.

I really enjoyed this movie...there were a number of unique twists to the overall plot and it really kept you guessing. If you like suspense and enjoy attempting to "figure out" the writer's intent this movie is for you. The movie pulls you in quickly, but doesn't lag...I thoroughly enjoyed it. The writers utilization of Shakespearean drama was interesting and while I am certainly not an expert in the genre that portion of the film was easy to follow and should not throw the casual movie watcher off. The Acting was solid and I know many watchers will be attracted to the movie because of the appearance of Daniel May an actor who also plays in the Walking Dead. The old Southern theater utilized for a portion of the film was unique in and of itself and added to the overall effect of the stage actors in the movie.

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.