Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024) is a animation and documentary film directed by Pinny Grylls, released on December 6, 2024 with a runtime of 1h 31m. It stars Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls, Jen Cohn and Tilly Steele. Viewers rate it 6.5 out of 10 across 65 ratings.
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Sam Crane
as Hamlet (voice)
Pinny Grylls
as Filmmaker (voice)
Jen Cohn
as Horatio (voice)
Tilly Steele
as Ophelia (voice)
Dipo Ola
as Laertes (voice)
Mark Oosterveen
as Polonius (voice)
Gareth Turkington
as Claudius (voice)
Lizzie Wofford
as Gertrude (voice)
Sam Forster
as Rozencrantz (voice)
Jeremiah O'Connor
as Ghost / Player King (voice)
Directed by Pinny Grylls, written by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, produced by Julia Ton and Rebecca Wolff.
Average viewer score of 6.5/10 from 65 ratings.
Lockdown played havoc with so many lives, but professionally none more so than those in the entertainment industry. With theatres and cinemas all closed, their livelihoods dried up and a serious degree of ennui crept in to their day to day lives. One escape from that was "Grand Theft Auto" and that's where we meet jobbing actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen. Two forty-somethings who were dealing with this…
Reviewed on December 7, 2024
A weird little time capsule movie for a weird time in history, when a global pandemic forced us into lockdown and for some, this became an opportunity to create. Going into this, I thought I'd be seeing something much more different than the end product, and I couldn't help but feel a bit let down with the actual performance of the play. Felt like it was jumping around and just showing the highlights. Maybe that's…
Reviewed on December 1, 2025
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The main cast of Grand Theft Hamlet (2024) includes Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls, Jen Cohn, Tilly Steele and Dipo Ola. The film was directed by Pinny Grylls. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Grand Theft Hamlet was released on December 6, 2024 and runs for 1h 31m.
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024) holds an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 65 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy animation and documentary films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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