Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
The overrated "Hamlet 2" is one of those straight-out-of-Sundance "sensations" with a smug belief in its own subversiveness.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | yesterday
'Hamlet 2' Steve Coogan is outstanding as a failed actor teaching drama in a Tucson high school. To save the drama program from budget cuts, he stages Hamlet 2, a sequel to Shakespeare's tragedy. Yes, he's that delusional. Profane, politically incorrect, hilarious, Hamlet 2 is an often tasteless treat. (R - 92 minutes) P, S.
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
A failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
In the film Hamlet 2, Steve Coogan plays a recovering alcoholic who is desperately trying to get his new play “Hamlet 2” performed in Tucson, Arizona. At Comic-Con, writer Pam Brady and director Andrew Fleming assured me they were drunk during the entire writing process. So why not enjoy their ...
Tym Blogs Too! (Free subscription) | yesterday
I always means to read more McSweeney's and then I don't, until Cowboy Caleb provides this awesome link to " Hamlet (Facebook News Feed edition) ". An excerpt: Horatio thinks he saw a ghost. Hamlet thinks it's annoying when your uncle marries your mother right after your dad dies. The king thinks Hamlet's annoying. ... The king poked the queen. The queen poked the king back. Hamlet...
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Bard might be squirming in his grave, but not actually turning, with Hamlet 2, given that it doesn't quite live up to its ...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
To see or not to see: That is the question I hate to answer, having gone into "Hamlet 2" with the highest hopes. Star Steve Coogan, already a success back home in Britain, has courted American audiences for years, with limited results.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
To see or not to see "Hamlet 2"? There really is no question. Don't.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Music News: Music acts as shock absorber for off-color humor -- The creative team behind Focus Features' upcoming "Hamlet 2" didn't set out to make a musical. But according to writer-director-exec producer Andrew Fleming, it's the music that makes the film's oft-offensive humor palatable.
MoviesOnline! (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
MoviesOnline sat down with Steve Coogan ("Night at the Museum") to talk about his new movie, "Hamlet 2," a world premiere at – and the comedy smash of – the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Andrew Fleming, "Hamlet 2" also features Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Amy Poehler, and Elisabeth Shue. In the irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher (Coogan)...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British comedian Steve Coogan's specialty is over-the-top characters. In Britain, he gained notoriety as radio personality Alan Partridge, and in the United States, he currently appears in Hollywood action flick send-up "Tropic Thunder" opposite Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Ben Stiller, who also directed the movie.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Steve Coogan plays a spectacularly untalented actor and high school drama teacher who imagines finding redemption in "Hamlet 2," his singing and dancing sequel to Shakespeare's "bummer."
Jezebel (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Hollywood, August 20. Image via Flynet] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Biz (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
by Eric Kohn (August 19, 2008) In a key scene halfway through " Hamlet 2 ," a downtrodden Arizona high school theater teacher named Dana Marschz ( Steve Coogan ), whose raunchy, quasi-autobiographical play has raised the ire of the local community, gets his confidence boosted by Cricket Feldstein ( Amy Poehler ), a fiery representative from the American Civil Liberties Union. With a twinge...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Steve Coogan is a drama teacher who gives a bad-taste twist to the Bard in "Hamlet 2."
