The plot of Hamlet 2 couldn't be more formulaic. The plot has been seen in many stupid comedies before, the idiot overcomes by being an idiot. It is the cinematic equivalent of X + Y = Z therefore Z -X = Y. After watching the first twenty minutes of Hamlet 2, an average viewer would be able to guess the outcome, a tragedy for a comedy that attempts to be an exaggerated expression of off-beat characters.

Hamlet 2 was especially frustrating because it had moments where if the acting and writing had been just a little bit better, or a tiny bit more inspired, as if someone had bumped the writers while they were writing, it would have been brilliant. The movie has narration that comes and goes in Shakespeare-ish styling but it does not continue consistently throughout the movie. There are amusing titles during the Hamlet 2 to indicate the next act but they don't shimmer enough to earn vocal laughter.

The closest to getting a character right is American Civil Liberties Union Attorney Cricket Feldstein (Amy Poehler). She is written to epitomize the stereotype of the crazy reactionary sue happy nut job that resides in the minds of most of the American public. Poehler holds nothing back, giving such unrelenting wackiness to Cricket. The most nauseating part of Hamlet 2 was the utter religiosity of the play. It is nothing more than a glorified church sketch. Could we please actually have a play about not liking Jesus? That would be irreverent and controversial.

Hamlet 2 didn't make me fall asleep but it didn't inspire me to stay awake either. Hamlet 2 should be called uninspired in the nicest way possible.