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Hamlet 2
Release Date: August 22, 2008 (limited; wide: Aug. 29)
Studio: Focus Features (Universal)
Director: Andy Fleming
Screenwriter: Andy Fleming, Pam Brady
Starring: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Melonie Diaz
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for language including sexual references, brief nudity and some drug content)
Official Website: Hamlet2.com

Plot Summary: "The hit, the very palpable hit" of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, "Hamlet 2" is an irreverent comedy centering on one teacher's overzealous quest to mount a high school musical. The film is directed by Andrew Fleming ("Dick," "Threesome") from an original screenplay he wrote with Pam Brady ("South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut," "Team America: World Police"); the stars are Steve Coogan ("Night at the Museum"), Catherine Keener ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin"), David Arquette (the "Scream" movies), Amy Poehler ("Saturday Night Live"), and Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue as herself.

Hamlet 2. People Wanna Laugh.
A rough edit of Hamlet 2 was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. After the screening, an all-night bidding war took place for rights to distribution, which Focus Features won for $10 million, nearly breaking the $10.5 million record set by Little Miss Sunshine. All this to say, the initial audience really like it.

It is an irreverent comedy with the New York Times noting, "It made sure to take shots at Christians, gays, Latinos, Jews, the American Civil Liberties Union and Elisabeth Shue, one of its lead actresses." Nothing sacred here!

This may have been a hit at Sundance, but will it be a hit in the local cinema? If the reaction to the trailer is any indication, I would say yes! Especially in light of the most recent public response to Pineapple Express! People want to laugh, somehow that is important right now.

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