Hamnet, a tear jerker I loved.

[NNadir]

Hamnet.

If you studied the life of Shakespeare - his times - in high school or later, the staging of the movie alone makes it worth watching.. (I had the best possible high school teacher for Shakespeare, who 55 years later I still recall fondly.)

I have never seen the Globe Theater (which is shown at the end of the film) better modeled in the way I have understood it over the years.

The acting is superb, and I found the (fictional) story of Shakespeare's imagined home life very compelling. It's a cut above of similar movies, say for instance, Shakespeare in Love.

I'm an old sentimental fool, but I have to say I wept during part of it, since I cannot imagine living through the death of a child, and the grief it must entail. It's portrayed very well.

I basically concur with this review: The Most Devastating Movie I’ve Seen in Years

I recommend the film highly.

[rsdsharp]

1. You were lucky with your high school teacher.

We read Romeo and Juliet in my freshman English class. The teacher was a very nice lady, but she pronounced Tybalt as “Tie-balt.” And this was AFTER they had taken the entire class to see Zeffirelli‘s Romeo and Juliet.

I insisted on pronouncing it correctly when I read, which did not endear me to certain classmates. To her credit, after about a week, she stood up in front of the class and announced that mine was the correct pronunciation.

I look forward to seeing Hamnet.

[GreatGazoo]

2. Have heard nothing but good things

It is interesting that they named the twins after neighbors -- Judith and Hamnet Sadler, a baker -- rather than family. Sadler was recorded as a witness on the 3-page will. The Sadlers had 14 children of their own, although 6 died in infancy. Sadler's business burned in 1595. Hamnet Shakspeare dies in 1596 and then the Sadler's named a son "William" in 1598.