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Grand Theft Hamlet is a 2024 British documentary film directed by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls. The film is about the staging of a production of Hamlet inside of Grand Theft Auto Online during one of the UK's COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2021. The film premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award for best documentary feature. The film will be released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 6 December 2024 by Tull Stories, with Mubi releasing the film globally on its streaming service in addition to US theatrical release in early 2025.
The documentary is an example of machinima, a method of filmmaking that exclusively utilizes in-game graphics to create the cinematic experience.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
References
External links
Grand Theft Hamlet at IMDb