Hamlet (2000)

Synopsis: A young man pretends to be crazy in order to investigate and avenge his father's death.
Appraisal: This version of the famous legend has modern settings but uses the exact words from the 17th century play. The attempts to make the story consistent with the contemporary world are null, except for the corporate settings and superficial elements like phones, faxes, etc. The reasons for making this film in this exact manner (or at all, to be frank) are dubious. Thus the only possible grounds for appraisal one has lie in the quality of the mise-en-scene and performances and, in my view, the film comes out rather well in those. All the performances are quite satisfactory.
Rating: 55