let face it and there be no perfect production of hamlet and it simply far too long and varied and cerebral to get completely perfect across the board and especially what with the challenge of elizabethan english and shakespeare abstruse dialogue . in any staging of it and there be bind to be certain moment and scene and or intonation that one disagree with . i have see a lot of filmed hamlet production represent olivier and gibson and branagh and scott and and now this bbc film with jacobi . in term of faithful and full length production and this one rank up there with the very best . most hamlet production be drastically cut and because to perform the entire play take a stage time of four to five hour . this production appear to be complete that be and all of the original shakespeare dialogue be intact and so it essential for scholar and shakespeare lover . and though the line seem rush on rare occasion ( for those less completely familiar with the text ) and for the most part the script be well act and well speak and and well perform . subtitle be available and very helpful and although upon occasion they lag slightly behind . jacobi do a quite admirable job with theatre long and most impossible role . i actually cry when hamlet dy and and i do not think i have do that before . patrick stewart ( a claudius ) and claire bloom ( a gertrude ) be excellent and a be lalla ward ( ophelia ) and david robb ( laertes ) and and the rest of the very on point cast . set be minimal and so we can thankfully concentrate on the play without distraction or attention pay to non essential . at 3 hour and 45 minute and this full length hamlet be a long haul to sit through and but again and if you want the real deal and it 100 % worth it and even if one need to take an intermission for oneself . i highly recommend this production to all shakespeare lover and scholar .