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A Little Night Music

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An actress (Elizabeth Taylor), her married ex-lover (Len Cariou), her current lover's wife (Diana Rigg) and other guests gather at a circa-1900 estate.

Critics Reviews

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TIME Magazine 03/23/2011
The cast does little to help matters. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
Uneven and sometimes slow, pic has good looks. Go to Full Review
Time Out 09/23/2006
Not offensive, just silly. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 01/18/2024
It is a series of plastic frames, poorly assembled, and at times so inert that one must look over their shoulder to see if the projector is stuck. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm 02/05/2022
1.5/4
Shoddy in conception and construction... Go to Full Review
Donald McLean Bay Area Reporter 07/24/2019
Harold Prince has mounted a beautifully stylized production of Sondheim's study of the follies of love. Go to Full Review
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Alec B @Alec97 11/10/2023 The movie serves as a reminder as to how difficult a task it is to bring most Sondheim musicals to the big screen, if it should even be done at all. The cuts to the score are vexing and Hal Prince seems to have phoned in his direction. All in all, it's a disappointing mess. See more 07/22/2021 https://youtu.be/-HeczMstwS4 See more 08/05/2014 It has minor charms (Diana Rigg and Len Cariou come to mind), but mostly the film serves as a reminder as to how difficult a task it is to bring most Sondheim musicals to the big screen, if it should even be done at all. The cuts to the score are vexing and Hal Prince seems to have phoned in his direction. All in all, it's a disappointing mess. See more 04/14/2014 A Little Night Music proves to be an okay movie, even though it has Ms. Taylor and some other great stars. It could've been better, but a lack of narrative cohesiveness hurts it. See more 04/29/2011 With this much talent on the table this should have been so much better. Liz was a great star but not a singer just the wrong actress for the role she should never have been cast, she does not seem comfortable and is not looking her best. Diana Rigg, Hermoine Gingold and Len Cariou do what they can with their parts and the settings are lovely but the direction is flat, in this sort of whimsy that is deadly. It has moments of pleasure but overall a miss. See more 03/29/2011 This movie needs to be re-made...the RIGHT WAY! Elizabeth Taylor is wrong choice for Desiree. In fact the only decent performance in this film is Diana Rigg as Charlotte. I think the film would have been a little better if Diana Rigg played Desiree and someone else played Charlotte See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An actress (Elizabeth Taylor), her married ex-lover (Len Cariou), her current lover's wife (Diana Rigg) and other guests gather at a circa-1900 estate.
Director
Harold Prince
Producer
Elliott Kastner
Screenwriter
Ingmar Bergman, Hugh Wheeler
Production Co
Sascha Film, S&T-Film Berlin
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 5, 2007
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Mono