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Hamlet 2 Reviews

2009

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Dana Marschz is a failed actor-turned-high school drama teacher. Shortchanged in the talent department, Dana still harbors ambitions and passions. At work, that is; his personal life, with his dissatisfied wife Brie and their boarder Gary, leaves much to be desired. At Tucson's West Mesa High School, Dana sees himself as an .. Read more

Starring	Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette
Director	Andrew Fleming
Genres	Comedy

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- Steve Coogan is one of those actors you really want to love. Every clip from his British television work teases,... read more on Time Out
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- - Hank Sartin
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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- - 3
  - 0
  The best it could have ever been was average
  
  I feel the need to comment on two things, Coogans performance and the movie as a whole.
  
  Coogan's performance was not his best, why they decided ... read more »
  
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  - JJ80
  - 9 reviews
  - Sowerby Bridge
  - 17 Sep 2009 at 22:14
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- - 0
  - 0
  Very funny character-driven singalong
  
  Very very funny - really well paced and interspersed with laugh-out-loud surprises. Not a particularly original concept, and pretty low budget, but great ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 23 Jan 2012 at 14:33
- - 0
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  post modern Shue!
  
  Overall a very mediocre film, but does have one or two moments that make it just about worth watching:-
  
  1) 'Where do dreams go to die - Tuscon, ... read more »
  
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- - markashley1961
  - 11 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 14 Jul 2011 at 21:22
- - 0
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  silly and fun
  
  This low budget film is full of silliness, cheap laughs and larger-than-life performances and I enjoyed the heck out of it.
  
  I loved the premise of ... read more »
  
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- - nerfeezah
  - 32 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 14 Mar 2011 at 15:48
- - 0
  - 0
  Aha! What a blinder
  
  Steve Coogan is immedietly annoying in a fake american accent. Ouch! But once you get over that; his truely British finely tuned commedy is all over this would-... read more »
  
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- 965660
- - Elspeth89
  - 3 reviews
  - Deal, Kent
  - 19 Feb 2011 at 13:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Okay Film
  
  This film was odd and strange at times. There are about 5/6 moments in the film where you just burst out laughing. Okay Film but not fantastic.
  
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- - TheLewtasDuo
  - 12 reviews
  - Haverfordwest
  - 12 Feb 2011 at 10:19
- - 1
  - 0
  Number 2
  
  I really must try to avoid films recommended to me by my north American friends, even if they are otherwise intelligent people. Like Steve Coogan, the humour ... read more »
  
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- - russio
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  - Harlow
  - 25 Oct 2010 at 21:47
- - 0
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  Very average
  
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  I rented this because I'm a Steve Coogan fan, but this was pretty average. On the plus side, a couple of big laughs, and I liked Elisabeth Shue, but the ... read more »
  
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  - 10 Sep 2010 at 21:41
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  what a mess
  
  Why get a subtle Brit to play an unsubtle American? Why get Elizabeth Shue to play herself when a fictional film star would have done? Why make it turn into a ... read more »
  
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  - FCAhound
  - 59 reviews
  - London & Norfolk
  - 23 Mar 2010 at 13:08
- - 0
  - 0
  Laughless, meandering pap
  
  Filled with unfunny characatures and pale excuses for performance, it strives to be offensive but comes across as a little kid who swears to look hard.
  
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- - Selfy
  - 105 reviews
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 08 Mar 2010 at 08:41
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  strangly amusing
  
  I can say that it is what it sets out to be , making a mockeryof all the inspirational teacher movies, and it has some moments where you are amazed that you are... read more »
  
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  - 25 Feb 2010 at 16:07
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- - 3
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  The best it could have ever been was average
  
  I feel the need to comment on two things, Coogans performance and the movie as a whole.
  
  Coogan's performance was not his best, why they decided ... read more »
  
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- 811848
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  - JJ80
  - 9 reviews
  - Sowerby Bridge
  - 17 Sep 2009 at 22:14
- - 2
  - 0
  Not sure what to make of this
  
  A truly bizarre movie. It's all over the place, featuring a frenetic performance by Steve Coogan that is by turns cringeworthy and brilliant. The director ... read more »
  
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- 813402
- - Scott Thompson
  - London, England
  - 22 Sep 2009 at 14:22
- - 1
  - 0
  see who made it then you know if its your thing
  
  The producers of little miss sunshine, starring Steve Coogan and the writers of South Park so what you get is pretty much what you get, I think that combination... read more »
  
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  - Koppert
  - 257 reviews
  - Scarborough
  - 05 Oct 2009 at 09:38
- - 1
  - 0
  Unfunny
  
  This film manages for the most part to land squarely in the gap between genuinely funny and shocking/provocative managing to be neither for most of its running ... read more »
  
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- 825624
- - TonyPP
  - 24 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 29 Oct 2009 at 08:40
- - 1
  - 0
  Hamlet Poo
  
  Can I start by saying that I genuinely like Steve Coogan? I've been to see his live concerts and I’m an admirer of his television career - ‘... read more »
  
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- - Brian Whitelaw
  - Scotland
  - 06 Nov 2009 at 14:43
- - 1
  - 0
  Number 2
  
  I really must try to avoid films recommended to me by my north American friends, even if they are otherwise intelligent people. Like Steve Coogan, the humour ... read more »
  
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- - russio
  - 156 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 25 Oct 2010 at 21:47
- - 0
  - 0
  In The Face
  
  Steve Coogan goes American and does a movie obsessed movie about movies. OK if there's nothing else on but it's no work of genius.
  
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- 812342
- - MisterHHHH
  - 1 review
  - Leicester
  - 19 Sep 2009 at 10:28
- - 0
  - 0
  rubbish
  
  Think Jerry Springer, the opera with none of the wit or social commentary and with 70 minutes of 'the making of' for padding.
  
  It's not ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Randy Pumpkin, Leicester
  - 23 Sep 2009 at 20:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Embarrassing
  
  My goodness, I can't imagine what they thinking when they created this. If they'd have made this in the 1970s they wouldn't have had the cheek to ... read more »
  
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- - John
  - Norwich
  - 06 Oct 2009 at 23:11
- - 0
  - 0
  Missing the mark
  
  Much like the production that Dana Marschz is putting on, this film felt confused and disjointed to me. Whilst some of the musical numbers such as 'Rock me ... read more »
  
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- 826865
- - symonr
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Nov 2009 at 23:06

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  Dana Marschz is a failed actor-turned-high school drama teacher. Shortchanged in the talent department, Dana still harbors ambitions and passions. At work, that is; his personal life, with his dissatisfied wife Brie and their boarder Gary, leaves much to be desired. At Tucson's West Mesa High ...