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Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) a score of 2.7110 out of 4

based on (117) reviews

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Excellent

(8)

Very Good

(84)

Good

(23)

Fair

(1)

Poor

(1)

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Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

The acting in this film is superb. The characters are well-defined and endearing. Flockhart is delightfully spirited as the ever-perplexed Helena. Pfeiffer is beauty personified, looking 15 years younger than she did in The Deep End Of The Ocean. Tucci...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

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Scott Renshaw

Writer/director Michael Hoffman transports the tale from Greece to 19th century Tuscany, where many plotlines swirl around the impending wedding of Duke Theseus (David Strathairn) and Hippolyta (Sophie Marceau). Hermia (Anna Friel), the daughter of one...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) review at Scott Renshaw

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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, A (1999) review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)

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Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

Cross-dressing! Mud-wrestling!! Inter-species sex!!! The latest installment of the Jerry Shakespeare Show, writer/director Michael Hoffman's 19th-Century update of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, stars Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

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The Tech (MIT) (Vladimir Zelevinsky)

Shakespeare is all the rage -- now he even has an Oscar, and what makes money always starts people jumping on the bandwagon. Even Kenneth Branagh, who arguably has started the current Shakespeare renaissance with his Henry V in 1989, is currently filming...read the complete Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) review at The Tech (MIT) (Vladimir Zelevinsky)

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