Rotten
Starts off feeling clever and original but turns silly and diffused as its convoluted story spins out.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
Death. It's not for everyone.
2009 · 1h 29m · N/A
Overview
Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies' man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaptation of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and some seriously sexy vampires. It turns out that the play was actually written by a master vampire name Theo Horace and it's up to Julian to recover the Grail in order to reverse the vampire's curse...If only being undead wasn't so much God-damned fun!
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
All of the riffs are twice and thrice removed, but the effect is lively rather than tiresome, largely on the strength of game performances, Sean Lennon's atmospheric score, and writer/director Jordan Galland's clear affection for his sources.
Michelle Orange, Village Voice
Rotten
A toothless satire whose targets include vampire mania, low-rent theater, indie romantic comedies, Scorsese, Shakespeare and Law & Order, it plays like a Web series expanded to feature length.
Mike Hale, New York Times
Rotten
This loopy farce has the feel of a wacky off-off-Broadway play with more energy than wit, but it has its moments.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
Will you ever see another film in which Hamlet's name is screamed histrionically in a fake Egyptian desert?
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
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