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Ophelia

2018

Claire McCarthy

Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen ...

5.8

709

Drama. Romance As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia (Daisy Ridley) is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude (Naomi Watts) as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections of the young Prince Hamlet (George MacKay). A passionate romance kindles between the two in secret as the kingdom is on the brink of war amidst its own political intrigue and betrayal. When Hamlet’s father is murdered and the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An engaging reshaping of 'Hamlet' (...) Based on Lisa Klein’s well-received 2006 young adult novel, this vigorous, colorful and clever melodrama smartly rethinks both the play and the character"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"A muddy narrative and some strange subplots rob the film of its power (...) Most damning, however, is that the film no longer feels as if it belongs to Ophelia"	NEG
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"[A] lush, intelligent adaptation of Lisa Klein’s novel (...) 'Ophelia' gives the character new depth (...) The film is rich with detail"	POS
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"[A] sympathetic 'Hamlet' recalibration (...) The best part of Ridley’s performance is her plodding, heavy-footed walk"	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"A shift in point of view reframes Shakespeare’s tragedy but the novelty wears off instantaneously with bizarre additions and a lack of emotional engagement (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Anthony Kaufman Screendaily	"A guilty pleasure and glossy production (...) But the film also has plenty of faults. One of the main problems is that Ophelia is still under-written."	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"It’s an interesting exercise and, for the most part, a passably diverting one. The movie sounds and looks good"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson The Times	"Despite putting Hamlet’s doomed lover front and centre of her own story, the film-makers still haven’t found a way to make her interesting (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	David Edelstein Vulture	"A lot of it is silly and sophomoric. But it’s also juicy and fun"	NEU
Australia	Cain Noble-Davies FilmInk	"[It] deserves recognition for its artistic breadth, but also criticism for its own shortcomings, as it’s much more fascinating to examine its influences rather than itself as a unique work."	NEU
Australia	Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald	"[It] takes liberties with Shakespeare rather than improving upon it, but why not? (...) [It] reminds us of the towering achievement of the original, so strong and complex that it can withstand so much re-engineering (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
Australia	DM Bradley The Adelaide Review	"This isn’t really comparable to other Hamlet-rethinking (...) [A] flawed, wannabe-empowering drama."	NEG
Australia	Andrew Peirce The Curb	"It delivers a welcome perspective to the tale of the long considered ‘mad wife’ of Ophelia, and it’s thanks to the wonderful performance from Daisy Ridley that this is so."	POS

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