Win tickets to see 'Hamnet' early at Mashable's advanced screenings

Critics are roaring for Hamnet, calling it a front-runner of the Academy Award race for Best Picture. Luckily for fans of cinema, Shakespeare, Paul Mescal, and Jessie Buckley, you don't have to wait for this raved-about drama to hit theaters on Nov. 26. Mashable and Focus Features are teaming up for a trio of advance screenings to bring Hamnet to keen viewers ahead of release.

Enter here for your chance to see Hamnet early.

With Hamnet, Oscar-winning director of Nomadland, Chloé Zhao adapts Maggie O'Farrell's historical novel to tell a tale of lust, love, and loss. Mescal (Aftersun, All of Us Strangers) stars with Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter, Men), playing William Shakespeare and his witchy wife Agnes. Theirs is a story of brilliant passion that begat three lovely children and world-changing plays, including the great tragedy Hamlet. Now, Hamnet is about the real-life tragedy that inspired Shakespeare to write about the doomed prince.

In Mashable's review out of TIFF, I cheered Mescal and Buckley's riveting chemistry, writing, "In early scenes of courting, they sizzle, each utilizing their well-reputed onscreen intensity." But it's as the film plunges into its tragic turn that both actors sink their teeth into these rich roles, making for a movie that's an absolute must-see.

So how can you see it?

How to see Hamnet early?

Join Mashable and Focus Features for an advanced screening in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, hosted by Mashable's Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko, Social Good Editor Neal Broverman, and Senior Reporter Rebecca Ruiz, respectively.

Details for each advance screening are below:

Hamnet: NYC Advanced Screening

Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 PM ET

AMC Lincoln Square

Hamnet: LA Advanced Screening

Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 PM PT

AMC Century City

Hamnet: SF Advanced Screening

Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 PM PT

AMC Metreon 16

How to get Hamnet advance screening tickets?

To secure your seat for these advance screenings — at no cost — all you have to do is fill out this linked entry form. Tell us which screening you'd like to attend, and if you'd like to bring a guest. From there, watch your email to see if you've won a spot at these advanced screenings of Hamnet.

Note: If you get confirmed, seating at the events will be first come, first serve. No one will be admitted without being on Focus Feature's confirmation list.

What else do I need to see Hamnet?

I mean, this one is a tearjerker. So, might we suggest bringing tissues?

Hamnet opens in select theaters on Nov. 26; expanding on Dec. 12.