Hamnet

2hr 5m

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4.2/5 (55.3K)
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2hr 5m
(22)
4.2/5 (55.3K)
96%
83

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Chloé Zhao

Producer:

Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall

Writer:

Maggie O'Farrell

Release Date:

Nov 26, 2025

Runtime:

2hr 5m

Synopsis

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Cast

Jessie Buckley
Paul Mescal
Zac Wishart
James Lintern
Joe Alwyn
Justine Mitchell
Eva Wishart
Effie Linnen
Emily Watson
David Wilmot

Moviegoers are saying

This emotionally devastating reimagining of Shakespeare's family tragedy has audiences reaching for tissues while praising powerhouse performances from Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, and breakout child actor Jacobi Jupe. While some find the pacing too slow and editing choppy, most agree this Chloé Zhao adaptation transforms grief into something unexpectedly beautiful, with many calling it award-worthy despite its soul-crushing subject matter.

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Letterboxd User Reviews

4.2

RATINGS 1.4K FANS

4.2

Nov 19, 2025

they're calling hamnet and sentimental value the double feature that kills you

3.0K Likes

sivi

Nov 9, 2025

Devastating. As the world’s last surviving Nomadland superfan post-Oscar wins, it’s so exciting to see something a bit more distinctly narrative/constructed from Chloé Zhao. And yeah, it made me want kids!!!! What doesn’t!!! Really really great job from Jacobi Jupe.…

3.9K Likes

demi adejuyigbe

Sep 8, 2025

Jessie Buckley can you pls hold my hand and tell me if I’m EVER going to recover from this

3.8K Likes

Iman Vellani
Oct 31, 2025

paul mescal’s relentless quest to play the saddest most broken men in history continues and this might just be his magnum opus

3.7K Likes

alor

Dec 7, 2025

max richter is an emotional terrorist.

1.8K Likes

zoë rose bryant

Nov 20, 2025

what is grief, if not love persevering

2.1K Likes

iso
Nov 27, 2025

Just mail the Oscar to Jessie Buckley right now

1.9K Likes

joj66

Dec 3, 2025

Imagine if your shitty Latin tutor turned out to be William Shakespeare.

1.3K Likes

Matt Singer

Dec 2, 2025

Cried my eyelash extensions off

1.2K Likes

Mia K.

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Brutalist loved

Hamnet

Alright, you want my take? This is the best film out of 2025. Yes I preferred this over one battle after another, you can see my review for it, it’s glowing. But this, this means everything. The performances direct the film, but Chloe Zhao’s directing still takes a huge spotlight. For me, this…

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9 loved

Hamnet

i got the chance to see a pre screening. this movie is going to win oscars. the story is beautifully heart wrenching, the cinematography and style is so simple, patient, and the cast doesn’t have a single bad actor. the performance, the rawness, the storytelling. you will cry.

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WWE President of Personality is "meh" on

Hamnet

I had high expectations for this movie. I do think it had great performances, but I just never understood where it was going, I felt the story was flat, and very heavy to keep up with it, and then out of nowhere we see Shakespeare writing plays, and acting, how did we get there?

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Nya Manneh loved

Hamnet

One of the greatest films I’ve seen in a long time. Visually stunning, with such a beautiful and tragic storyline. There was not a dry eye in the house by the end. I’m absolutely obsessed with it.

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Marco Graca loved

Hamnet

Some people are so precious to you that the pain of losing them is just too big for a small humble household, so you have to fill whole stages to tell what you learned from them

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Alex loved

Hamnet

It’s been a long time since I saw a movie so strong that the whole audience didn’t move for at least a minute after the credits rolled. Unbelievably good 10/10

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Jeramy liked

Hamnet

7/10 jessie buckley is such a phenomenal actress. the way this movie is formatted makes it feel longer than the 2 hour run time. other than that, very good.

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Michaela Pennebaker liked

Hamnet

awesome acting. wish i watched it before reading the book bc i feel like then i would’ve liked it more. the book was just soooo good

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Fox liked

Hamnet

how girls handle grief: ohh no my son died my period raahhhh how BOYS handle grief: alright peace guys I'm gonna go make a hammet

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#awardbuzz

This was a good movie, Jessie is the star of the movie. Just make sure you have tissue with you, when you see this movie.

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Poor editing, slow, and Shakespeare had about 20 lines.

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Based on 47 Critics

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88

Dec 5, 2025

Zhao, bouncing back from the Marvel “Eternals” paycheck picture/debacle, serves up a touching romance between a distracted young man of letters and a woman so attuned to nature she hunts with a pet hawk, knows the uses of every herb and tree and the incantations that go with their preparation and is thus labeled the “daughter of a witch.”

Roger Moore

Movie Nation

40

Nov 29, 2025

It's true that many viewers have already fallen under its spell, but Zhao and O'Farrell have stripped away so much of what makes the novel magical – the time-travelling structure, the hypnotic prose rhythms, the internal monologues and the tiny, tangible details – that what's left is no more profound or authentic than any other costume drama set in ye olde days.

Nicholas Barber

BBC

80

Nov 29, 2025

Mescal is quite good and tender in these final moments, as Will grapples with his grief. But it is Buckley who remains the shining beacon that keeps Hamnet alive.

Chris Evangelista

Slashfilm

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