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03/20/09
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
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Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 18
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 6.4/10
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Reviews for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Top CriticUnfortunately, Stoppard the director does not match the invigorating brilliance of Stoppard the writer.
07/03/08
Top CriticA disastrous adaptation of an excellent play.
07/03/08
Top CriticNo review available.
05/24/08
...On stage, the sprightly teleological riffs and bebop dialogue delight as ends in themselves. Here they're leaden and compromised. What happened?
04/05/06
Both Oldman and Roth turn in flat and uninspiring performances.
02/09/06
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06/25/05
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01/16/05
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05/26/04
Really head-twisting adaptation of the play with fine work from Oldman and Roth.
05/13/04
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03/22/04
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02/24/04
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02/09/04
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01/11/04
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08/22/03
Probably the best stage to screen adaptation I've ever seen. Essential.
08/15/03
Tom Stoppard's 1967 morality play has been translated into a high-spirited and well-acted film.
07/10/03
As happens at the opera, one usually laughs (if one laughs at all) not because something is funny, but because one has successfully recognized that it is supposed to be funny.
05/20/03
Top CriticBy trying to take advantage of the medium, Stoppard loses track of what makes his work so wonderful. This belongs on the stage.
01/21/03
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