A Midsummer Night's Dream

Released Jun 22, 2015

2 hr. 24 min.

Comedy

Fantasy

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Three parallel stories of how far all beings will go for love.

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a visual treat - great cinematography!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This is a MUST SEE! The direction, the set, the costumes, the choreography is art at its finest. Max Casella's performance is perfection. Only weakness is a few of the actors are hard to understand, but this is not enough to dampen my enthusiasm for this exquisite production.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Magnificent, wonderful, magical. See it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Its the best bottom I've ever seen :-) I LOVED IT. a grab bag of ideas. Shadow theatre, lion king puppetry, Indian theatre, kabuki, Aboriginal music. The Wonderful David Harewood gets blacked up to wondrous effect. theatre with all the strings showing. Author Author

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Julie Taymor

Director

Kathryn Hunter

Puck

David Harewood

Oberon

Tina Benko

Titania

Max Casella

Nick Bottom

Zach Appelman

Demetrius

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Taymor's "Dream" is, in Bottom's words, a most rare vision. It flickers before us almost too quickly, passing by "swift as a shadow, short as any dream."

Apr 28, 2016

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Julie Taymor's off-the-stage filmed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream has a phantasmagoric visual fluidity that emphasizes the play's uncanny unsettling nature more than its carnival silliness.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 19, 2015

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David Rooney

Hollywood Reporter

For filmed theater, this is about as immersive and immediate as it gets.

Jun 18, 2015

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

Imaginatively staged and exuberantly performed, Taymor's effort is largely a delight. If it does not explore the play or its themes deeply ... it certainly allows an audience to experience something of the work's relentless beauty and poetry.

Feb 12, 2021

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Donald J. Levit

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

All's well that ends well, of course, not that there was any doubt of that. The visual marvel, in fact, outweighs the tale.

Jun 20, 2015

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Anne Thompson

Thompson on Hollywood

Hyper-flexible theater star Kathryn Hunter as Puck is a marvel.

Jun 18, 2015

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Synopsis

Three parallel stories of how far all beings will go for love.

Director: Julie Taymor
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2020

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