Title: How do you ruin a classic?...Watch this and see.
Product review: By far the worst interpretation of Hamlet I've ever seen, and a terrible film in its own right. You can be as open-minded as you want about re-interpretations of Shakespeare, but this film was more than ludicrously produced: they actually had the cajones to put BILL MURRAY in the role of Polonius, and strangely enough I think he was channeling his character from "Caddyshack," the way he mumbled through his lines. Ethan Hawke delivers his usually half-hearted, bored-with-his-job, GenXer performance. I had high hopes for this film, but it was so over-the-top maudlin that I almost couldn't bear it. There's a difference between exhibiting your interpretation of a classic drama and simply making a film just to see it done--this version of Hamlet is sadly the latter.
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