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Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) Rank 2 Reviews
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eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
It's a wildly entertaining romp that should delight fans of this year's Oscar-winner Shakespeare in Love . ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
The film is sweet. It is often amusing. It is only the teensiest bit dull. ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Cozzi fan Tutti Reviews 'n' Rants
Steve Rhodes
Partially modernizing the drama, Hoffman sets the action in Italy at the turn of the 19th century. The opening credits explain that it was a time when the bustle was on the wane and the bicycle was on the rise, which were compatible trends. This humor ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at Steve Rhodes
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
Reel.com
While certainly brilliant, the Bard's plays aren't without flaws, and his unabridged scripts often veer into overlong tangents and superfluous plays-within-plays ill-suited for the big screen. Unfortunately, Hoffman 's adaptation includes the most ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at Reel.com
Matinee Magazine (David Nemetz)
So I Saw This Movie... (John Halbert)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Often less spellbinding than it wants to be. ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Dustin Putman
"Hamlet," "Othello," "Romeo & Juliet," "Much Ado About Nothing." In the past several years a big screen adaptation of one of William Shakespeare's plays has been released at least every couple months, and with the huge success of Oscarwinner ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at Dustin Putman
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
New York Times (Janet Maslin)
This Midsummer Night's Dream shows how high the bar has been raised by Shakespeare in Love . The allure and cleverness of that film, not to mention its far more Shakespearean spirit, make it a hard act for a hodgepodge to follow. ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at New York Times (Janet Maslin)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
I've not hidden my indifference to Shakespeare in
the past, so why do it now? Additionally, this seems
as good a time as any to explain why. First of all, I
go to movies (or plays) to be entertained. That's ...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
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