Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) movie poster

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

"A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself."
ThumbScore
👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 61%
ComedyDrama

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Director
Tom Stoppard
Runtime
1h 57m
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.9/10 (335 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
61%

Cast

Gary Oldman as Rosencrantz · 73% avg
Tim Roth as Guildenstern · 69% avg
Richard Dreyfuss as The Player · 71% avg
Iain Glen as Hamlet · 72% avg
Ian Richardson as Polonius · 76% avg
Donald Sumpter as Claudius · 74% avg
Joanna Miles as Gertrude
Joanna Roth as Ophelia

Is Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead good?

Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 335 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 61%.

Overview

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence. Wikipedia ↗

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