Hamlet (2000)

Blame Baz Luhrmann. While writer/director Michael Almereyda doesn’t list the flamboyant Aussie helmer among his influences, it’s obvious that this tedious updating of what is arguably Shakespeare’s best play wants to do for Hamlet what Luhrmann did for Romeo & Juliet. But though Luhrmann delivered a dizzying visual feast which re-packaged Shakey for the teen market without dumbing down, Almereyda’s take on the Dane is shabby, cold and unforgivably crass.

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