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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 26

Fresh: 18

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Centering on two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, two off-kilter rogues are summoned to the court of the King of Denmark, where they meet a traveling entertainer and attempt to solve a... Centering on two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, two off-kilter rogues are summoned to the court of the King of Denmark, where they meet a traveling entertainer and attempt to solve a mystery. Based on Tom Stoppard's play, this film won Best Picture at the 1991 Venice Film Festival. [More]

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth

Director: Tom Stoppard

Director: Tom Stoppard

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Mar 22, 2005

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  • In this cleverly inspired twist on William Shakespeare's Hamlet, two of the outrageous supporting players take center stage for a dazzling game of illusion and reality that delivers one-of-a-kind entertainment! World Class Cast featuring Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland's Opus, Jaws), Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction, Planet of the Apes) and Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
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    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    03/20/09
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    Unfortunately, Stoppard the director does not match the invigorating brilliance of Stoppard the writer.

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    07/03/08
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    A disastrous adaptation of an excellent play.

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    05/24/08
    Cole Smithey
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    ...On stage, the sprightly teleological riffs and bebop dialogue delight as ends in themselves. Here they're leaden and compromised. What happened?

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    04/05/06
    Mark Bourne
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    Both Oldman and Roth turn in flat and uninspiring performances.

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    02/09/06
    Geoff Andrew
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    05/26/04
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    Really head-twisting adaptation of the play with fine work from Oldman and Roth.

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    05/13/04
    Dan Lybarger
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    03/22/04
    Rich Cline
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    Linda Cook
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    02/09/04
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    08/22/03
    Carol Cling
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    Probably the best stage to screen adaptation I've ever seen. Essential.

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    08/15/03
    Widgett Walls
    Needcoffee.com

    Tom Stoppard's 1967 morality play has been translated into a high-spirited and well-acted film.

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    07/10/03
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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    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.

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    Vincent Canby
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    03/16/03
    Joshua Tanzer
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    By trying to take advantage of the medium, Stoppard loses track of what makes his work so wonderful. This belongs on the stage.

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