In the Shakespearean play little is mentioned about the characters. They are invited to Denmark by the king, Hamlet's uncle, to discover what's the matter with him and to try and cheer him up. They take him to England, where every man is mad anyway, and rather disappear from the play, their story being wound up with the words of the title.
In this hugely clever and funny play Stoppard takes on and follows these characters through their time in Denmark as they discover the nature of a truly random universe, Newtonian law, interludes with pirates and players and finally an undeserved and tragic death.
The cast is wonderful and includes Richard Dreyfuss doing one of his finest turns and Iain Glen as a sold and convincing Hamlet.
It happens that Hamlet is my favorite play, but there's no need for the viewer to have ever seen it or indeed liked it to enjoy this movie, it stands up perfectly on its own.
I really recommend this film, all I ask is...whos serve is it?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/?ref_=nv_sr_5
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