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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 26

Fresh: 18

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Centering on two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, two off-kilter rogues are summoned to the court of the King of Denmark, where they meet a traveling entertainer and attempt to solve a mystery. Based on Tom Stoppard's play,... Centering on two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, two off-kilter rogues are summoned to the court of the King of Denmark, where they meet a traveling entertainer and attempt to solve a mystery. Based on Tom Stoppard's play, this film won Best Picture at the 1991 Venice Film Festival. [More]

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth

Director: Tom Stoppard

Director: Tom Stoppard

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A disastrous adaptation of an excellent play.

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Both Oldman and Roth turn in flat and uninspiring performances.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
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Rich Cline
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Unfortunately, Stoppard the director does not match the invigorating brilliance of Stoppard the writer.

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Cole Smithey
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...On stage, the sprightly teleological riffs and bebop dialogue delight as ends in themselves. Here they're leaden and compromised. What happened?

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05/26/04
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Really head-twisting adaptation of the play with fine work from Oldman and Roth.

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05/13/04
Dan Lybarger
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
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Probably the best stage to screen adaptation I've ever seen. Essential.

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08/15/03
Widgett Walls
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Tom Stoppard's 1967 morality play has been translated into a high-spirited and well-acted film.

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07/10/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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As happens at the opera, one usually laughs (if one laughs at all) not because something is funny, but because one has successfully recognized that it is supposed to be funny.

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Vincent Canby
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Joshua Tanzer
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By trying to take advantage of the medium, Stoppard loses track of what makes his work so wonderful. This belongs on the stage.

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01/21/03
Rob Vaux
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"belongs on the stage, but for what it is, not bad"

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07/29/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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