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29 November 1996 (UK) morePlot:
A boy dreams the play. Authority in Athens is shaky: Hermia rejects her father's choice, the Duke backs her father... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
William Shakespeare | Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream | Based On Play | Independent FilmUser Comments:
A misfire moreCast
(Credited cast) | Lindsay Duncan | ... | Hippolyta / Titania |
| Alex Jennings | ... | Theseus / Oberon |
| Desmond Barrit | ... | Nick Bottom |
| Finbar Lynch | ... | Philostrate / Puck (as Barry Lynch) |
| Osheen Jones | ... | The Boy |
| Monica Dolan | ... | Hermia |
| Emily Raymond | ... | Helena |
| Ann Hasson | ... | First Fairy |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gemma Aston | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| John Baxter | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| Alfred Burke | ... | Egeus |
| Emily Button | ... | Principal Fairy / Courtier |
 | Howard Crossley | ... | Tom Snout / Fairy |
| Kevin Doyle | ... | Demetrius |
| Daniel Evans | ... | Lysander |
| Robert Gillespie | ... | Robin Starveling / Cobweb |
| Tim Griggs | ... | Principal Fairy / Courtier |
| Guy Hargreaves | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| Michelle Jordan | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
 | John Kane | ... | Peter Quince / Mustardseed |
| Sarah Kruger | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| Mark Letheren | ... | Francis Flute / Peaseblossom |
| Nicola McRoy | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| Joseph Morton | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
 | Matt Patresi | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| Oscar Pearce | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| Dominique Poulter | ... | Fairy / Courtier |
| Darren Roberts | ... | Principal Fairy / Courtier |
| Kenn Sabberton | ... | Snug |
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This film is based on a wonderful stage production that was staged by the RSC in 1994. On stage it was superb, and I think of it as one of the best times I've ever had in the theatre.
The film, however, is a complete mess. All the effects that were so magical in the theatre - the forest of lightbulbs, the flying umbrellas, the mysterious doors - look ridiculous when they're turned into bad computer graphics. And although some of the performances are good - especially Alex Jennings and Des Barritt - the pacing of the film seems poor. In particular, the mechanicals scenes are stilted and unfunny - and 'Pyramus and Thisbe' is mangled with poorly-timed slapstick and glooping sentimentality. And most annoyingly of all, Noble introduces a Macauley Culkin lookalike, who runs around being wide-eyed and imaginitive, infusing the film with unnecesary Hollywood schmaltz.
I regard this film as a brave, but poorly-executed attempt at translating faithfully a stage production to film. It doesn't really work, but at least Noble's vision is more imaginitive than the other films of the 'Dream'. And bad though the film is, it's still better than the ghastly Michelle Pfeiffer / Kevin Kline version, which should be avoided like the plague.