Title – Hamnet (2025)
Director – Chloé Zhao (The Rider)
Cast – Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, Jacobi Jupe
Plot – Explores the relationship between William (Mescal) and Agnes Shakespeare (Buckley) from a young couple right up to Will’s life in London where his written works such as Hamlet are inspired by life’s joys and trauma he and Agnes have experienced alongside one another.
“He’s got more inside of him than any man I’ve ever met”
Review by Eddie on 30/01/2026
Recovering from somewhat of a post-Oscar triumph that saw her claim Best Director and Best Picture honours in 2021 thanks to her heartfelt Nomadland only to lead to the Marvel disaster that was The Externals, Chloé Zhao has bounced back in a major way with her profoundly moving and beautiful Hamnet.
An adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel whose producers include Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg, Hamnet explores the relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes as they traverse the honeymoon period of their courtship right through to devastating family tragedy that helped shape create Shakespeare’s revered work on Hamlet…
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