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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   1   2/5 "Let's just call Hamlet 2 Waiting for Guffaws, and be done with it. Sadly, said laughter rarely comes, if at all"   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 7/10 "If you're not offended easily and like good camp you'll love Hamlet 2, a joke-a minute lampoon of tortured artists with a finale that shouldn't be missed."   AfterElton.com   Brian Juergens D "Watching Steve Coogan overact is like being pummeled bloody with a pillowcase packed tightly with frozen oranges."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 2.5/5 "s a doozy, but none of the tiresome racial epithets nor the naughty words that surround this magnum opus of raunch deliver the outrage they so badly try to stir up."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 5/10 "Dana's inability to parse the difference between acting and living is put to several tests in Hamlet 2, which is not only the name of his movie but also the title of the audacious play he writes for his students to perform."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "Fortunately, British comic Steve Coogan ("24 Hour Party People") performs a feat of alchemy by making the seemingly flimsy setup become sturdy as the final credits roll."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "Buoyed by Steve Coogan's unapologetically go-for-broke performance..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C- "Witless spoof on Hamlet that is more irritating than funny."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Surprise, this parody of self-parodies pulls it off. 'Hamlet 2' swings from the shallow, gross or cruel, through obvious overdone, to moments of inspiration."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3/4 "This is an uproariously crowd-pleasing satire, one that embraces its R-rated subversiveness without ever feeling dirty or mean-spirited."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman A- "In a year punctuated with very funny movies, Hamlet 2 stands out as the most peculiar and comedically risky."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "The kind of thing that probably read a lot funnier than it plays."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek B+ "It's not in its movie biz opprobrium that the film finds its poignancy, but rather in 'Hamlet 2,' the play within the film--the thing wherein Coogan will catch his own conscience. Or subconscious."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 2.5/4 "Despite the richness of the premise for comic invention, however, Hamlet 2 remains a rather mediocre experience, offering sporadic laughs but never achieving the level of consistent humor necessary to make this memorable."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1/5 "A shoddy and indulgent mass of bits from other movies with a shapeless, shameless performance by British comedic actor Steve Coogan as its unfixed center."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 3.5/5 "i pio anatreptiki komodia poy ehei ksepidisei ap' to aneksartito kykloma ta teleytaia hronia"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 4/5 "While they may be trying to "save drama," (the $6,000 a year Tucson High School luxury) they are also lovingly destroying it."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery A- "Hamlet 2 offers us a rare moment in cinema to see something truly original."   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr B- "Cowriter/director Andrew Flemingpresents the anti-inspirational teacher in Marchz - the guy's a mess and Coogan is simply brilliant playing him, but Fleming's overloaded his film"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 4/10 "There are several pieces of vulgar language in the film that some viewers might find objectionable. I found them neither objectionable nor particularly funny. In fact, that sums up how I felt about the entire film."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[B]rilliant British satirist Steve Coogan... is actually hard to watch at times, he's so raw and honest in how he strips Dana of all dignity in the teacher's search for meaning and feeling in his life..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "There's something admirable about a comedy that celebrates the provocative nature of art, even if that comedy doesn't quite provoke as much as it could have."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "Might have been brilliantly funny had the film found a way to suitably lay the groundwork for its premise."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 " While it doesn't completely succeed at its intentions, it contains enough funny moments to almost make you overlook the fact that it doesn't."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B- "The sheer absurdity of it all allows one to forgive the fact that it never truly realizes its potential."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux "No matter how many jokes you pack around it, arrested development doesn't make for a very compelling dramatic arc."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Collapses, despite a game and talented cast, and a brilliant concept. Well, concepts don't make movies."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   1