That’s too bad, because it’s a very well-made version of the story, despite its four-hour running time. OUR TAKE: 7.5 out of 10 While few children will want to see this film, it’s also highly unlikely that teenagers will want to see it either. DEREK JACOBI plays a man who poisons his brother, weds that man's wife, and plots to kill her son.KENNETH BRANAGH plays a man whose plan to revenge his father's death causes more fatalities to follow.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For some violent images and sexuality. Otherwise, this four-hour production will seem like a school-related nightmare to them. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Only if they’re really into Shakespeare or this play. From that point on, great tragedy falls upon Denmark’s aristocracy as Hamlet enacts his revenge. As Hamlet lays out his plans to trap Claudius, he accidentally kills Polonius that causes his son, Laertes (MICHAEL MALONEY), to swear revenge upon Hamlet. Hamlet’s ensuing strange behavior makes everyone think he’s gone mad, including the king’s counselor, Polonius (RICHARD BRIERS) who happens to be the father of Ophelia (KATE WINSLET) who is romantically involved with Hamlet. When Hamlet himself meets the apparition, he learns that Claudius poisoned his father to take over the monarchy. His doubts grow after a friend, Horatio (NICHOLAS FARRELL), informs him that he and others have seen the dead king's ghost.

This greatly upsets Gertrude’s son, Hamlet (KENNETH BRANAGH), who believes his mother married the wrong man too soon. Her groom, Claudius (DEREK JACOBI), is the former king’s brother and thus he ascends to the throne.

PLOT: It has only been two months since the King of Denmark’s death and his widow, Gertrude (JULIE CHRISTIE) has already remarried. QUICK TAKE: Drama: A king’s son seeks revenge for his father’s death. (1996) (Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi) (PG-13)

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