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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Love makes fools of us all.

6.4 / 10

116 minutes

1999-05-20

English

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Actors :

Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stanley Tucci, Christian Bale, Sophie Marceau, David Strathairn, Anna Friel, Dominic West, Roger Rees, Max Wright, Gregory Jbara, Bill Irwin, Sam Rockwell

Description

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/18/2023, 6:07:09 PM

This is my favourite Shakespeare story, full of mischief and mayhem, comedy and even a good bit of lust mixed in with the true love. This, however, is a really pedestrian adaptation that doesn't measure (for measure) up at all. The all important character of "Puck" is really quite underplayed by Stanley Tucci and Kevin Klein's "Bottom" comes across better suited for a pantomime performance of this...