Reviews

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Times - ‘This transcendent adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the death of Shakespeare’s son will be an Oscar frontrunner… This is, instantly, the essential Shakespeare movie.’

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Telegraph - ‘This sublime adaptation of Hamnet couldn’t have been done any better.’

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Guardian - ‘[Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal] are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker ending.’

Variety - ‘A beautiful, radical, dangerous act, adapted from the novel by Maggie O’Farrell (with the author credited as Zhao’s co-writer), that speaks to a part of each and every one of us that we’ve been taught to distrust.’

Deadline - ‘What Zhao, who also co-wrote the screen adaptation with O’Farrell, has accomplished here is nothing short of emotionally devastating. Technically the film is exceptional.’

The Hollywood Reporter - ‘Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are a wonder in Chloé Zhao’s gorgeous and shattering Shakespeare-inspired drama.’

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ London Evening Standard - ‘Hamnet has the scent of an instant classic.’

IndieWire - ’It would be hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to Shakespeare’s most widely interpreted play.’

Rolling Stone - ‘Hamnet is the most shattering movie of 2025… Having played the fall festival circuit of Venice, Telluride, and now Toronto, Zhao’s film will be one of the most devastating things you see in the back half of this year, if not the most devastating thing to hit theaters over the past 12 months.’

The PlayList - ‘Jessie Buckley & Paul Mescal are utterly extraordinary In Chloe Zhao’s expressionistic wonder.’

Vulture - ‘Hamnet is devastating, maybe the most emotionally shattering movie I’ve seen in years.’