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A Little Night Music

PG 1977 1h 50m Musical List
17% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 29% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
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 The cast does little to help matters. Mar 23, 2011 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Uneven and sometimes slow, pic has good looks. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Time Out Not offensive, just silly. Sep 23, 2006 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 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] Jan 18, 2024 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm Shoddy in conception and construction... Rated: 1.5/4 Feb 5, 2022 Full Review Donald McLean Bay Area Reporter Harold Prince has mounted a beautifully stylized production of Sondheim's study of the follies of love. Jul 24, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Alec B 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. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review Audience Member https://youtu.be/-HeczMstwS4 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
S&T-Film Berlin, Sascha Film
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 5, 2007
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Mono