PARK CITY -- If the Nuart started doing weekend midnight showings again where everyone dressed up in costumes, "Hamlet 2" would be a fitting selection. An erratic, freewheeling satire of Middle ...

His role as faux film director Damien Cockburn in Tropic Thunder was fleeting and forgettable, but Brit funnyman Steve Coogan is the sacrilegious heart and soul of Hamlet 2, a film as offbeat, ...

Focus Features has released another trailer for Hamlet 2, due out later this month. I'm not sure whether I'm a fan of this new trailer, but considering we haven't featured a trailer for Hamlet 2 since ...

Steve Martin and Robin Williams did it - parlayed their comic talents into a big Hollywood career. Steve Coogan is attempting to follow the same trajectory with one difference: He's British, and most ...

It was supposed to be an underdog success stories everyone could get behind. Advance hype had Hamlet 2 pegged to be the 2008 model of Little Miss Sunshine and, more importantly, it had Steve Coogan ...

There’s nothing remarkable, or witty, or particularly engaging about Hamlet 2, a ragged comedy about a failed actor who tries to mount a science-fiction musical sequel to Shakespeare’s tragedy in a ...

Imagine you’re a young filmmaker who has just received notice that your debut film has just been accepted at Sundance. Congratulations! You’ve made it! You’re on your way! Fuck “aspiring,” you’re a ...

The annals are full of indie pictures that fall short in one way or another but still manage to display their good intentions like resplendent peacock feathers. Andrew Fleming’s “Hamlet 2” is ...

Hamlet 2 finally hits theaters today after first gaining industry buzz at the Sundance Film Festival last January. The Andrew Fleming-directed comedy stars British comic Steve Coogan as failed ...

Amusing but uneven tale of a deluded high school drama teacher's attempt to stage a career-saving extravaganza has some laughs. You can almost hear the hilarity that must have erupted at the pitch ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hamlet 2 has the kind of generic, boilerplate premise that the most brilliant comedies can come ...