Normal People Star's "Utterly Extraordinary" Turn in Tragic Shakespeare Drama Released to Wave of Acclaim - and Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Debut

Normal People star's "utterly extraordinary" turn in tragic Shakespeare drama released to wave of acclaim - and perfect Rotten Tomatoes debut

It may have only been a week since the emotional trailer for Hamnet dropped, but reviews for the anticipated film – which comes from Eternals director Chloé Zhao – are already in.Led by Paul Mescal (Normal People, Gladiator II) and Jessie Buckley (Wicked Little Letters, The Lost Daughter), the movie is based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel of the same name and chronicles the "powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timel…

Chloé Zhao went through a 'very painful fire' before turning heartbreak into 'Hamnet'

The Oscar-winning filmmaker discusses her career after "Eternals," adapting Shakespeare's family story and what Ryan Coogler said to her after he saw "Hamnet."

‘Hamnet’ Review: Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley Rip the Heart Right Out of Your Body in Chloé Zhao’s Unspeakably Devastating Shakespeare Fanfic

Chloé Zhao turns the imagined story of how Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet" into a nuclear-grade tear-jerker.

‘Hamnet’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal Are a Wonder in Chloé Zhao’s Gorgeous and Shattering Shakespeare-Inspired Drama

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star in 'Hamnet,' Chloé Zhao's drama about William Shakespeare, based on the novel by Maggie O'Farrell.

‘Hamnet’ Review: Jessie Buckley Delivers a Devastating Performance in Chloé Zhao’s Radically Feminine Take on Shakespeare’s Family Life

By some perverse coincidence, this year at the Telluride Film Festival, there were three movies about William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” but it’s the one spelled with the “N” that confronts the specter of death most profoundly — and packs the greatest catharsis in the process. As conceived by “Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet” is so emotionally raw as to be almost excruciating at times, featuring a heroic performance from Jessie Buckley as…

Telluride Review: Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet Reminds Us Why Art Matters

Hamnet is a great work of empathy and the best film Chloé Zhao has made by quite a wide margin. Adapted from the 2020 novel by Maggie O’Farrell, who returns here as co-writer, the film serves as a lovely reminder of why art is important, how watching something can make you feel, make you understand, make you consider. The film’s plot is simple: young Agnes (Jessie Buckley) marries her village’s master tutor William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and …