i have never read shakespeare hamlet before watch it but i do have a shakespeare book with me and could follow the dialogue through it . my view on the movie may be partially bias since i have never read the play before and but i get pull into this movie grasp . shakespeare be undoubtedly one of the best writer ever to have live and the story of hamlet be definitely one of his best achievement . but now on to the movie . i find that all the actor in the movie have a firm grasp of what they be say and thus and be able to articulate it quite well . leonardo in romeo and juliet be nothing compare to kenneth branagh and the king . the thing i like about this be that it work very well a a movie and not a a play you be study . you do not need to be affluent with shakespeare to relate to all the misery hamlet have to go through . i would recommend this movie to a wide audience . that my two cent .