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Bookmark this pageHamlet 2 (2008)
Director: Andrew Fleming
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From Time Out Online
Steve Coogan’s on-off struggle to conquer the American market gathers pace with this likeable if sporadic slice of high school subversion. He plays Dana Marschz, an unpaid drama teacher hoping to inspire his multiracial class and exorcise his own daddy issues by penning an extravagant time travelling musical follow-up to Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. The first hour of ‘Hamlet 2’ works, fitfully. Coogan’s accent wavers, most of the characters remain frustratingly underdeveloped, and the plot proceeds along largely predictable lines. But it all comes together in the final act. The play’s debut performance, and the mayhem that surrounds it, is flawlessly handled. Co-author Pam Brady has been a writer on South Park for the past decade, and has learned her lessons well: make ‘em laugh, make ‘em cry, but most importantly offend as many of ‘em as possible.Author: Tom Huddleston
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Cast & crew
Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Melonie Diaz, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue full cast
Duration: 92 mins
US Release: Aug 22 2008
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