A Midsummer Nights Dream

  • PG (AUSTRALIA)
  • 1999


MOVIE IS magical entertaining delicate hilarious
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Positive Reviews 34
Negative reviews 7
Average Rating 3.5/5
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3.0
Its a poignant moment, and it vanishes like a vivid dream that eludes memory upon waking. EW
3.8
A Midsummer Nights Dream is another entry in Shakespeares recent renaissance on film. Rogerebert
4.0
Kids will enjoy the movie more if they have some basic introduction to the plot. Common Sense Media
4.5
Injecting the film with fun and pathos, Kline makes a superb Bottom; its his play and he acts it to the hilt. Time Out
5.0
It seems merely a means to a dramatic end, rather than a rhapsodic, enchanting end unto itself.
5.0
This is a sublimely sensual film.Bathed in glitter, summer sweat, and moonlight, overflowing with giddy poetic language and shameless low comedy, it h ..
3.8
One more self flagellating confession like that and you may as well be cat fighting your rival in a waist deep mudbath. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
Purists will have a ball figuring out what was excised from the play to bring the film under two hours.But theyll have to let their hair down a bit to .. San Francisco Chronicle
0.5
Dangles uncertainly between mannerly devotion to Big Will and susceptibility to a recent cinematic pandemic, the update. Village Voice
3.0
This is a clever film; it is much better than the scores of amateur stage productions that continually flood the country. Sover
4.4
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
3.1
Midsummer is a lark with a sneakily serious heart, about both loves all consuming fire and theaters heart breaking illusions. Tv Guide
3.8
I was soon in the swing and enjoying the show.This movie is as much fun as Kenneth Branaghs Much Ado About Nothing, but it does not make the mistake o .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
Screenwriters Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer have a bevy of plot pieces from black comedy to slapstick to gross outs to straight horror, but there is n ..
3.8
There is also a play with a play as Bottom and his friends try to win a thespian competition at the palace.It makes for an enjoyable, if mostly lightw .. Lariat
2.0
Hoffmans heart is in the right place, but the film misfires most of the time. News Review
3.5
While only purists and diehard fans will know if the included verse is completely accurate, theyll probably cringe when anyone including this reviewer .. Screen It
3.0
The whole thing is very light and occasionally hilarious, but its hardly a new idea. Independent
2.5
The women of the cast fare better, and Oliver Stapletons sparkling cinematography makes everything look appropriately gossamer. Cs Monitor
3.0
Quite faithful to the original material and, as such, considerably less jarring than efforts like Baz Luhrmanns William Shakespeares Romeo Juliet. Film Journal International ..
3.8
Keeping in step with Hollywoods current love affair with Shakespeare (the most recent being the Oscar laden Shakespeare in Love and the teen flick, 10 .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
In spite of the cast, this is a competent but unexceptional version of one of Shakespeares more popular plays. Internet Reviews
2.5
Combines some of Hollywoods finest acting ingredients but comes up with little more than leftover hash. Internet Reviews
4.5
Its a charming, frothy frolic that captures the enchantment and delight of Shakespeares most magical comedy. Internet Reviews
5.0
Jerry Holt, Star Tribune A man was fatally shot by St. Paul police in the 900 block of St. Anthony Avenue early on Sunday, Aug. 5. Star Tribune
3.0
Sometimes, though, it just sits a little oddly.For all that screenwriter/director Michael Hoffmans A Midsummer Nights Dream is playfully sexy fun, all ..
5.0
His hilarious scenes in a play for the closing wedding celebration are among the funniest ever filmed.Puck delivers one of Shakespeares most famous li .. Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the .. Q Network
1.5
CO2, however, is a harmless natural substance, so CO2 extraction doesnt result in residual solvent contamination. Observer
3.8
The numerous slow patches ultimately just makes one more appreciative of the pure visceral excitement of the slam bang third act. Mr Brown Movies
2.5
Director Michael Hoffman has made a respectable attempt at turning yet another Shakespeare play into a treasured motion picture, but ultimately fails .. The Movie Boy
2.5
Hoffman, who did the adaptation himself, cuts and pastes portions of the play into his movie with a clunky hand. And the avalanche of star power nearl .. Seattle Pi
2.5
Unfortunately, despite the wonderful locations, sets, costumes, and strong acting, this adaptation has a strange lack of magic or chemistry between pl .. Cnn
3.1
This Midsummer is a decent enough Shakespeare film, but with the toned down comedy theres nothing to make this interpretation stand out the way some o .. Spliced Wire
3.8
Youll surely recognize the faces of the other actors, even if you dont know what their names may be.Of more import, though, is that all performances a .. Movie Habit
4.5
Kline is so comfortable with Shakespearean language that viewers may forget they are hearing literature and simply enjoy Klines revels. Boxoffice Magazine
1.9
Its Shakespeare poking fun of the bad writers and actors of his time, but at least it wasnt so thickly encoded.I was able to get it and laugh along wi .. Ross Anthony
5.0
Beautiful scenery and costume design and a cast of remarkably talented actors make this film one of the best Ive seen yet this year. Film Quips Online
4.4
Bathed in sunshine, stardust and star power, this Dream should be required viewing for anyone who insists Shakespeare is stuffy and dull. ...this is S .. James Sanford on Film
3.5
Bills Vikings: How to watch, listen, what to look for The Bills will take an 0 2 record to Minnesota to take on the 1 0 1 Vikings Sunday.Heres some ke .. Rochester Goes Out
4.0
If theres a reason that this film rises above the comic tomfoolery, its that Kevin Kline takes his character of Bottom and performs true magic with it .. Need Coffee
1.9
The talents of its stellar cast are lost under the weight of Hoffmans lethargic direction. Nitrate Online
4.4
The movie adds delicate beauty to what we already consider a rollicking Shakespearean comedy. Cinema Phile
3.8
Hoffman charts a middle course, and travels it quite well his version is neither as elaborately baroque as Max Reinhardts 1935 film treatment nor as s .. Globe and Mail
4.5
A magical world of wonder and delight, full of memorable performances and hearty laughs. Citysearch
2.0
The first two thirds of the movie is entertaining in spots, but flat as a pancake in others. Houston Community Newspape ..



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