[FILM REVIEW] HAMNET Review (2026)

February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 Dave Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Central Coast Radio, Chloe Zhao, Clay Milner Russell, Daiton Anderson, David Griffiths, David Wilmot, El SImons, Elliott Baxter, Emily Watson, Faith Delaney, Freya Hannan-Mills, Hamnet, Hera Gibson, Jacobi Jupe, James Skinner, Jessie Buckley, Joe Alwyn, Justine Mitchell, Louisa Harland, Maggie O'Farrell, Matthew Tennyson, Noah Jupe, Raphael Goold, Sam Woolf, Shaun Mason, Smylie Bradwell, The Popcorn Conspiracy Radio Show, UK, USA

Summary: After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

Year: 2026

Cinema Release Dates: 15th January 2026 (Australia), 19th February 2025 (Thailand), 9th January 2026 (UK), 65th November 2025 (USA)

VOD Release Dates: TBA (Australia), TBA (Thailand), TBA (UK), TBA (USA)

Country: UK, USA

Director: Chloe Zhao

Screenwriter: Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell

Cast: Joe Alwyn (Bartholomew) Daiton Anderson (Edmond), Elliott Baxter (Richard), Smylie Bradwell (Young Batholomew), Bodhi Rae Breathnach (Susanna), Jessie Buckley (Agnes), Faith Delaney (Young Agnes), Hera Gibson (Francisco), Raphael Goold (Horatio), Freya Hannan-Mills (Eliza), Louisa Harland (Rowan), Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet), Noah Jupe (Hamlet), Olivia Lynes (Judith), Shaun Mason (Claudius), Paul Mescal (Will), Justine Mitchell (Joan), Clay Milner Russell (Laertes), Jack Shalloo (Marcellus), El Simons (Ophelia), James Skinner (Gilbert), Matthew Tennyson (Gertrude), Emily Watson (Mary), David Wilmot (John), Sam Woolf (Bernardo)

Running Time: 125 mins

Classification: M (Australia), TBC (Thailand), 12A (UK), PG-13 (USA)

OUR HAMNET REVIEWS

David Griffiths’ Hamnet Review

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