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Ebert Proves His Talents
As the nations’ most trusted movie critic, Roger Ebert has once again shown that he knows how to critique a movie. Ebert’s “Review of Branagh’s Hamlet” is nearly precise and informative on every part the epic film “Hamlet” directed by Ken Branagh.
Ebert begins by stating how he enjoys Branagh’s showmanship and talents in delivering a sound performance of a very complicated piece of literature. “And we enjoy Branagh’s visual showmanship: In all of his films, he reveals his joy in theatrical gestures” (Ebert 788). The performance of the piece is important to Ebert because he appreciates the mere subtleties of European theater that Branagh brings to the movie.
The movie is the second longest in Hollywood history, yet Ebert states that the length is not a fault of the movie at all. “His “Hamlet” is long but not slow, deep but not difficult, and it vibrates with the relief of actors who have great things to say, and the right ways to say them” (Ebert 788). In Ebert’s eyes, the length of the film is its strength especially concerning the characters we need to understand.
Approximate Word count = 970
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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