Nov 26, 2025 · Working with screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell, whose novel “Hamnet” serves as the basis for this film, Zhao indicates a supernatural bond between the twins that’s delicate and fascinating. …

Nov 26, 2025 · In “Hamnet,” O’Farrell tells a story of the Shakespeares and their grief. In the foreground are the lives of Agnes Shakespeare and her children, but also the work the bereaved father spun from...

4 days ago · The family expands again with twins, Judith and Hamnet, who become remarkably sweet 11-year-olds. Until now, his father’s career has been kept off camera, thus preventing it taking over …

Sep 8, 2025 · Hamnet review – Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal excel in stately Shakespeare drama with overwhelming finale

Nov 27, 2025 · The conceit of the novel and the film is that the tragic death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son – the titular Hamnet – fed into the writing of the greatest play in the English language, Hamlet.

Nov 21, 2025 · In her moving 2020 novel, Hamnet, the Northern Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell explored the possibility that a real-life tragedy may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever...

Nov 21, 2025 · “Hamnet” is, inevitably, an improvement, though not exactly a return to form. It marks an unstable new mode for Zhao, a weave of subdued pastoral realism and forceful, sometimes pushy ...

Sep 9, 2025 · Chloé Zhao's Hamnet is a stunning meditation on grief, family, and love, and it boasts career-best performances from Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.

Aug 30, 2025 · ‘Hamnet’ Review: Jessie Buckley Delivers a Devastating Performance in Chloé Zhao’s Radically Feminine Take on Shakespeare’s Family Life Reviewed at Telluride Film Festival, Aug. 29, …

Nov 24, 2025 · Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel of the same name, “Hamnet” is an emotionally pulverizing drama that imagines how the death of William Shakespeare and Anne (or …