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A Midsummer Night's Dream

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In this film version of Adrian Noble's inventive staging of Shakespeare's classic play, a young boy (Osheen Jones) dreams all that follows. While the Duke of Athens and the Queen of the Amazons prepare to marry, the King and Queen of the Fairies bicker. Four young lovers have their tangled romances further complicated by fairy magic. Meanwhile, a band of amateur actors rehearses a play in the enchanted forest, until one of them, Nick Bottom (Desmond Barrit), is transformed into a half-donkey.
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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 11/16/2009
2.5/4
The Bard-by-way-of-Cirque-du-Soleil approach is more of a distraction than an enhancement. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/05/2005
2/5
Michelle Alexandria Eclipse Magazine 11/20/2003
1/5
Dan Jardine Apollo Guide 01/01/2000
76/100
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08/31/2013 Whimsical set design, well-spoken actors. See more 07/02/2013 Shakespeare's hard enough to understand, but add in bizarre and you get a not very good movie. See more 11/03/2012 One of my favorite Shakespearean plays, however this adaptation didn't impress me. I hated the faeries costumes and the whole little boy watching/dreaming about the play. It did get better towards the end, but the first 40 minutes or so dragged out for me... and that's the best part of the play. I'd rather just read the play than watch this again. See more 04/13/2012 It was ok -- the best part of it is at the end, the play within the play. The frame of being in the dream of a boy did not really work for me. See more 04/11/2008 A truely brilliant adaption. Som of the acting was slightly lax but performances by Kevin Klein and Michelle Pfeiffer more than made up for it. I might go so far as to call it a masterpiece! See more 03/28/2008 BAD. The only redeeming thing about it was that Alex Jennings' Oberon bore a strong resemblance to Jareth from Labyrinth, but without the singing. LAME. See more Read all reviews
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Adrian Noble

Director

Lindsay Duncan

Hippolyta

Alex Jennings

Theseus

Desmond Barrit

Nick Bottom

Barry Lynch

Philostrate

Osheen Jones

The Boy
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Synopsis In this film version of Adrian Noble's inventive staging of Shakespeare's classic play, a young boy (Osheen Jones) dreams all that follows. While the Duke of Athens and the Queen of the Amazons prepare to marry, the King and Queen of the Fairies bicker. Four young lovers have their tangled romances further complicated by fairy magic. Meanwhile, a band of amateur actors rehearses a play in the enchanted forest, until one of them, Nick Bottom (Desmond Barrit), is transformed into a half-donkey.
Director
Adrian Noble
Producer
Paul Arnott
Screenwriter
Adrian Noble
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 6, 2017
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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