I felt the same way after seeing Hamnet. All the five star reviews, the awards and nominations! It didn't work at all for me. I was bored for most of it. And the final scene, which I had read was so heart-wrenchingly emotional that I would need a pack of tissues (and I *am* someone who cries easily!) actually made me want to laugh out loud.
Oh well, as you say ... just one person's opinion ;-)
I thought the ending of Hamnet was schmaltzy and unfeasible. And the improbable diversity in the Elizabethan audience completely undercut the realistic style of the rest of the movie. The boy playing Hamnet was hugely impressive though. Child actors are almost never any good, but this one bucked the trend.
Unfortunately because of my daughter I cannot watch anything for age above 12 so the most horrory horror I saw last year was the sex scene in Wicked: For Good. Never seen something so unsexy in my life!
The only movie that actually excited me in 2025 was Tron: Ares but for the wrong reasons - The movie is very dull (unless you are into Jared Leto) but I am NIN fan and listening to Trent Reznor music on IMAX was a special treat.
I felt the same way after seeing Hamnet. All the five star reviews, the awards and nominations! It didn't work at all for me. I was bored for most of it. And the final scene, which I had read was so heart-wrenchingly emotional that I would need a pack of tissues (and I *am* someone who cries easily!) actually made me want to laugh out loud.
Oh well, as you say ... just one person's opinion ;-)
I thought the ending of Hamnet was schmaltzy and unfeasible. And the improbable diversity in the Elizabethan audience completely undercut the realistic style of the rest of the movie. The boy playing Hamnet was hugely impressive though. Child actors are almost never any good, but this one bucked the trend.
Unfortunately because of my daughter I cannot watch anything for age above 12 so the most horrory horror I saw last year was the sex scene in Wicked: For Good. Never seen something so unsexy in my life!
The only movie that actually excited me in 2025 was Tron: Ares but for the wrong reasons - The movie is very dull (unless you are into Jared Leto) but I am NIN fan and listening to Trent Reznor music on IMAX was a special treat.