Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

  • Comedy
  • Drama
2/8/1991
117
PG

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

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  • FilipeManuelNeto

    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern must remain in the theater.

    This film is perhaps the proof that not all successful plays are good enough to work in the cinema. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two characters from Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, but it is difficult for anyone to remember them without being very knowledgeable about the literary work in question. They really barely matter to the action. Here, they are the main actors, and we are invited, in a way, to see things through their eyes. In theater, this is interesting. In the cinema, and for a general audience that doesn't know Hamlet so well, this doesn't seem like a good idea.

    Gary Oldman and Tim Roth brought the main roles to life with great panache and value, and the film...

    October 6, 2023

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