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A Midsummer Night's Dream
from 20th Century Fox
starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stanley Tucci, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart
directed by Michael Hoffman

Features:

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Letterboxed

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Come on, carpers! Let Shakespeare be fun!
  First, the stars. No, not the astrologer's stars, the movie stars, goofy! Some of those high priced people can act! Of course, I'm in luck in that I see so few Hollywood movies that I don't recognize them, so it's easy to suspend disbelief. The one I did recognize was Stanley Tucci, the star of Big Night. Tucci was spectacular in the role of Puck; he stole every scene he appeared in. That guy Kevin Kline did a similar heist on all his scenes; he made Bottom the prime character of the story, with a little... more info

• Very Enjoyable
  Shakespeare would probably roll over in his grave but we both really enjoy this version of the classic. Funny throughout and well done.

• Great Late Summer Night Mood Movie
  I know this version gets panned all the time. And I have seen better versions, (the 1935 version with, of all people, Jimmy Cagney as Bottom was amazingly good). But I love to watch this film. If you love Shakespeare comedies when they go into the woods and things go topsy turvy, then this will be a fun DVD to play on a late Summer night when you can't go to sleep.

• Very fun
  It took me a couple of tries to make it through the movie, but once I did, I ended up watching it again the same day. It was just hilarious. Shakespeare on film tends to be very boring, but I think the changes that were made to this play made it enjoyable. As far as the accents go, I would rather all the actors speak in their natural voices than all speak in an English accent since the setting was Italy. I just hate when they do that in movies. I know that it's Shakespeare, but Greeks don't have English... more info

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