Chloé Zhao's first movie since Eternals is already getting Oscars buzz as critics call it "the most devastating movie I've seen in years"

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William Shakespeare in Hamnet.

Chloé Zhao's new movie Hamnet has premiered to rave reviews – and it's already getting Oscar buzz.

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Maggie O'Farrell (who co-wrote the film's screenplay with Zhao), Hamnet stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as 16th-century playwright William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes as the couple navigates the death of their 11-year-old son. The cast also includes Joe Alwyn and Emily Watson.