Hamnet

"It is devastating and magnetic and most of all brilliant. Don’t miss it."

— Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

"Hamnet is devastating, maybe the most emotionally shattering movie I’ve seen in years."

— Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine (Vulture)

"Ultimately, the filmmaker invites the world to feel loss in a new way, and in letting go, liberates something fundamental in all of us."

— Peter Debruge, Variety

"The film serves as a lovely reminder of why art is important, how watching something can make you feel, make you understand, make you consider."

— Dan Mecca, The Film Stage

"Hamnet captures the beautiful aching that makes up life in all its forms, and it makes for one of the most profound and staggering works you’ll see this year."

— Ross Bonaime, Collider

"Zhao has fashioned a masterwork that, once again, straddles the line between narrative and cinematic art in a manner few of her contemporaries can match."

— Gregory Ellwood, The Playlist

"A thoughtful meditation on love and grief, Hamnet features career-best performances from Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, and is Zhao's most intimate work to date."

— Audrey Fox, Looper

"With an aching heart, lush visuals, and magnetic acting, Hamnet is undoubtedly one of the best movies of the year and will continue to resonate with audiences for years to come."

— Rachel LaBonte, Screen Rant

"Like Nomadland, another film that maps out rocky terrain with impressionistic grace, Hamnet is a deep-felt ode to loss and resilience. Zhao doesn’t just tell you about the healing power of art, she shows you. Prepare your tear ducts accordingly."

— Phil de Semlyen, Time Out

"What Hamnet leaves you with isn’t sadness, but joy – at the human capacity to reckon with death’s implacability through art, or love, or just the basic act of carrying-on in its defiance. It blows you back on to the street on a gust of pure exhilaration."

— Robbie Collin, The Telegraph

"Chloe Zhao’s new film landmark blows the dust off history to bring a raw, present-tense immediacy to a tale of love and grievous loss. In what Shakespeare once termed 'a mad blood stirring,' Jessie Buckley is guttural, defiant, and untamable in the performance of the year."

— Peter Travers, The Travers Take

"It is a story of family and relationships, of life’s inevitabilities, and the surprises we can nonetheless carve from those. Its gut-wrenching despair is matched by a strange optimism, a powerful embrace of the possibilities of life and love that stays with you long after the end credits roll."

— Francesca Steele, inews.co.uk