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01/01/00
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:50
Rotten:24
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Faultless production and shining performances display the Bard's talent propitiously.
Synopsis: Michael Hoffman's film adaptation of Shakespeare's magical comedy of a love-tangled quadrangle shimmers with sumptuous cinematography and a truly stellar cast that includes Kevin Kline, Michelle... [More]
Starring: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart
Director: Michael Hoffman
Reviews for A Midsummer Night's Dream
Top CriticInjecting the film with fun and pathos, Kline makes a superb Bottom; it's his play and he acts it to the hilt.
02/09/06
It has fun and makes you laugh.
06/03/06
I felt like a kid on the outside of the club house looking in -- and not seeing anything through the window that made me feel like I was missing out.
09/16/01
Sufficiently contemporary and fresh!
01/01/00
A decent enough Shakespeare film, but with the toned-down comedy, there's nothing to make this interpretation stand out...
01/01/00
The film is sweet. It is often amusing. It is only the teensiest bit dull.
01/01/00
The first two-thirds of the movie is entertaining in spots, but flat as a pancake in others.
01/01/00
A well-crafted film!
01/01/00
The execution of the Bard's comic work is less than sparkling.
04/09/05
Unfortunately, despite the wonderful locations, sets, costumes, and strong acting, this adaptation has a strange lack of magic or chemistry between players.
06/23/02
It is the timeless appeal of those words, the impassioned performances, and a bring-down-the-house third act that make this high-spirited production live up to its title.
01/01/00
Gentle and lighthearted!
01/01/00
Top CriticSporting a shamelessly commercial all-star cast and textually shorn to make a comfortable, diverting two-hour flick, it's the lack of intellectual pretensions that finally makes this version so endearing.
03/03/02
Funny and sexy!
01/01/00
A funny, thoughtful, easy to follow and lovely to see!
01/01/00
It's a charming, frothy frolic that captures the enchantment and delight of Shakespeare's most magical comedy.
01/01/00
Hoffman charts a middle course, and travels it quite well -- his version is neither as elaborately baroque as Max Reinhardt's 1935 film treatment nor as starkly sexual as Peter Brooks's celebrated 1970 staging.
03/19/02
It's a wildly entertaining romp that should delight fans of this year's Oscar-winner Shakespeare in Love.
04/07/04
A sweet springtime surprise!
01/01/00
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