'Hamnet' Film Review: What Is It About And Is It Worth Seeing?

SATIRE NEWS: What To Know About ‘Hamnet’

Hamnet, based on the 2020 novel by Maggie O’Farrell, is an awards season frontrunner with six Golden Globe nominations. Here is everything you need to know about the film. Q: Who stars in it? A: Paul Mescal plays fuckable Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley plays his fuckable wife. Q: Who is the target audience? A: High schoolers trying to get English extra credit.  Q: Why did Chloé Zhao choose to make this film? A: To push Eternals further down her …

'Hamnet' Film Review: What Is It About And Is It Worth Seeing?

A Shakespeare-inspired historical-drama film hit theatres this past Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Hamnet, based on the novel of the same title by Maggie O’Farrellby, follows the story of William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes (also known as Anne), and their son, Hamnet. Chloé Zhao, with the help of O’Farrellby, wrote the screenplay. Very little is known about the personal life of the famous Elizabethan Era playwright, so this story is mostly speculation, i…