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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Taurus Film

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Regency Enterprises

Italy

United States of America

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English

Anna Friel

Calista Flockhart

Christian Bale

Dominic West

Stanley Tucci

Rupert Everett

Michelle Pfeiffer

Kevin Kline

David Strathairn

Roger Rees

Bernard Hill

Sophie Marceau

Max Wright

Gregory Jbara

Bill Irwin

Sam Rockwell

John Sessions

Roberta Galli

Solena Nocentini

Aldo Marinucci

Tommaso Accardo

Emanuele Gullotto

Liliana Vitale

Vito Passeri

Francesco Gabriele

Daniele Ferretti

Chiara Stampone

Chiara Conti

Alessandra Monti

Elisabetta La Padula

Michael Hoffman

Leslie Urdang

William Shakespeare

Arnon Milchan

Simon Boswell

Oliver Stapleton

Garth Craven

Gianni Giovagnoni

Maria Teresa Barbasso

Gabriella Pescucci

Ann Wingate

Lora Kennedy

Chris Lyons

Barrie Gower

Ronnie Specter

Luciana Arrighi

Ian Whittaker

Riccardo Mioni

Duncan Jarman

Nazzareno Piana

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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 tale of the ultimate love triangle. If you don't know the story: "Hermia" (Anna Friel) is in love with "Lysander" (Dominic West) but her father (Bernard Hill) wants her to marry "Demetrius" (Christian Bale). In the end they have to go before the Duke (David Strathairn) who says either marry as you're bid or prepare to die! Bent on escaping, they all end up in the forest and under a magical spell from "Puck" that throws all of their order into chaos and leaves us with some colourful and entertaining scenarios as the poor old Duke attends to his own impending nuptials whilst unsure of who actually loves whom! The problem with the casting here is that they all seem a little overwhelmed by the language. It does stick to the traditional dialogue, and I couldn't help but wonder if maybe the stars were just too in awe of what they were acting and so nothing really comes across as very natural or engaging to watch. It looks good, there is a fine score mixing the classical with a Simon Boswell original but sadly the comedy doesn't work so well and the whole thing underperforms this magical and whimsical story. Nothing special here, sorry.

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Calista Flockhart

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