Fancy a good cry – and to feel emotionally detoxed? Want a release of oxytocin? To feel lighter? Clearer? Need to breathe again? Just go and see Hamnet, the new screen adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley in her Golden Globe-winning role as his wife, Agnes – and prepare for a mass sob-fest with some popcorn.
Chloé Zhao’s award-winning film Hamnet, adapted from the novel of the same name, which imagines the story surrounding the death of Shakespeare’s only son, has become notorious not just for its outstanding performances, but for the tsunami of sobbing it is triggering in cinemas across the globe.
