Hamilton

"The story of America then, told by America now."

2025 2h 40m EN

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7.8

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★7.8TMDB · 164

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Synopsis

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Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.

“The story of America then, told by America now.”

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Cast

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr.
Aaron Burr
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Angelica Schuyler
Phillipa Soo
Eliza Hamilton
Daveed Diggs
Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
Christopher Jackson
George Washington
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Peggy Schuyler / Maria Reynolds
Okieriete Onaodowan
Hercules Mulligan / James Madison

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Thomas Kail
Writers: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Languages: French, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released last year.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Thomas Kail, shot by Declan Quinn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jonah Moran shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr. and Renée Elise Goldsberry carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "The story of America then, told by America now.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8503618 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Thomas Kail directs. Declan Quinn behind the camera. Jonah Moran cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

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1Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released last year.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
4Directed by Thomas Kail, shot by Declan Quinn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Jonah Moran shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr. and Renée Elise Goldsberry carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The story of America then, told by America now.".
8IMDB entry: tt8503618 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 29 themes, including "adultery", "immigrant", "corruption", "upper class".

The technical file

Cinematography: Declan Quinn
Editing: Jonah Moran
Costume design: Paul Tazewell
Makeup / hair: Charles G. LaPointe
Sound: Nevin Steinberg
Runtime: 160 min · 2h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $12,500,000
Box office: $20,659,643
Return: 165% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Hamilton (2025)

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sykobanana2020-07-06
★ 4/10
A Disappointment This is a musical not made for people outside of the USA. I had to watch the thing again and wiki Hamilton to try to figure out who was who except for some of the bigger names. Going by the poster, this is was meant to be some attempted rise to fame of Harry Potter in Hollywood. The casting was varied, which is great generally, but not representative of history (noone looked like what they should have). Historical themes seemed to be swapped around and added in for convenience-sake. Some performances were good, Soo, Groff and Diggs, whilst others (MIranda - who was better in Mary Poppins Returns) just felt flat and tired. It felt like 6 or so cameras were placed and then just recorded. And the choreography was distracting at times, not complimentary. And character development - the only one who shows any is Soo's character. This might be a great musical, but it is not a great movie (despite what people are reviewing it as). It is hard to follow as a citizen of the world who does not know US political history details nor its players. Its cinematography, casting and set pieces felt lazy (this could have been turned into grand cinema). And it was overly long...people might expect this type of thing to go for hours on West End to get their money's worth, but 2hrs 40 is overkill in this medium. The hype behind this made me think this was brilliant. I was majorly disappointed.
Peter McGinn2020-08-06
★ 7/10
I suppose this movie was behind the eight ball from the very start in a way. On the one hand, there was such a tremendous hype for it as a play, it built the expectation of being blown away, and on the other hand, it being presented in its live theater version made it lose some of the visual impact of seeing it in person. We expect a greater production value on the screen. The story is great, and should be required viewing for children at a certain age. I confess, I wasn’t enthralled by it as a musical. I guess I am too used to musicals that have regular dialogue broken up by songs rather than continuous sung dialogue. If there had been dialogue surroundIng eight or ten lovely songs like Helpless, I would have given it top marks. It is still an impressive production. I feel I have to comment on the diverse cast. I am white and had no problem with the cast choices. I would have cried foul if they had presented an all white cast as some seem to think was required. I had an acquaintance complain, “What if they cast a white actor as Martin Luther King? And all I can do is flip it upside down. There are only a half-dozen people of color in our history books for every hundred Caucasians, and if it reaches the point where whites stop whining when people of color play those roles, I am convinced that people of color will be totally fine with whites playing the roles of people of color. But we aren’t there yet, are we?
CaptNemo2021-04-04
This is not a Movie. It is a television program. It is a filmed stage play that is being broadcast on television. These things do not add up to this being a film, not even a TV-movie.