(Focus Classic British Cinema) HAMNET
(Focus 英倫古典巡禮) 哈姆尼特
Keep your heart open.
7.7/10 Great 1738 votes
- Released
- 14 Nov 2026
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Certificate
- Category IIA
- Original title
- Hamnet
- Language
- en
The verdict
Audiences rate it 7.7 out of 10 on TMDB across 1,738 votes — a strong score. It is not currently playing in Hong Kong cinemas. Category IIA · 126 minutes.
What it is about
What to expect
Chloé Zhao directs Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in a 1590s Stratford story about a family reshaped by loss. The movie runs 126 minutes, is rated IIA in Hong Kong, and plays in English with Chinese subtitles. The tone is quiet and interior, built around atmosphere rather than plot, and the material draws on both a novel and the historical record. Audience scores from 1,738 viewers average 7.7 out of 10. It screens as part of a Focus British Cinema programme, so it may only appear at selected venues — check local listings. This one is for viewers who want a slow, character-driven period piece and are comfortable sitting with grief.
Trailer
Cast
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Jessie Buckley
Agnes -
Paul Mescal
Will -
Emily Watson
Mary -
Joe Alwyn
Bartholomew -
Jacobi Jupe
Hamnet -
Noah Jupe
Hamlet -
Olivia Lynes
Judith -
Justine Mitchell
Joan -
David Wilmot
John -
Louisa Harland
Rowan -
Freya Hannan-Mills
Eliza -
Bodhi Rae Breathnach
Susanna - Zac Wishart Joan's Boy 1
- James Lintern Joan's Boy 2
- Eva Wishart Joan's Girl 1
Crew
- Director Chloé Zhao
- Novel Maggie O'Farrell
- Screenplay Chloé Zhao
- Original Music Composer Max Richter
- Director of Photography Łukasz Żal
- Editor Chloé Zhao
- Editor Affonso Gonçalves
- Producer Sam Mendes
- Producer Pippa Harris
- Producer Liza Marshall
- Executive Producer Chloé Zhao
- Producer Steven Spielberg
- Executive Producer Laurie Borg
- Executive Producer Kristie Macosko Krieger
- Producer Nicolas Gonda
- Executive Producer Nicholas Brown
- Executive Producer Julie Pastor
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What viewers said
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/hamnet-review/ "Hamnet is a true work of art that, despite its slow march and some more challenging moments for the uninitiated, rewards perseverance. It's a film about how pain destroys, but also about the miracle of how art can serve as a vessel for redemption or, at least, for understanding. […]
Manuel São Bento — 8/10 · read in full
Maggie O’Farrell said at this screening that adapting her novel for the screen was akin to watching the sand flow through an hour glass. She started with something extensive, whittled it down to 90-odd pages and then gave it to a director (Chloé Zhao) who frilled it all out again to make a couple of hours for the screen that is somewhat different from the original. […]
CinemaSerf — 7/10 · read in full
I was trying to order a cheeseburger, but the clerk couldn't hear me, because Carmina Burana was playing too loudly. Then the guy next to me started crying, because the final scene from Godfather III was playing on the scene next to the clerk. Then the woman on my other side starting crying, and the the clerk, too. Then Maggie laughed. She's such a little angel. Anyway, the clerk must've figured out what I was gesturing for, because I got my burger, with extra cheese.
Horseface — 5/10 · read in full
Common questions
- How long is the movie?
- 126 minutes, roughly 2 hours 6 minutes.
- What is the Hong Kong rating?
- IIA — suitable for ages 12 and above. Younger children may attend with an adult.
- What language is it in, and are there subtitles?
- English dialogue with Chinese subtitles.
- Is it suitable for children?
- The IIA rating allows accompanied children, but the themes of death and mourning are heavy and may upset younger or sensitive viewers.
