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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

PG-1305/20/1999Fantasy, Comedy, Romance1h 56m
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Love makes fools of us all.

Overview

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anna Friel

    Hermia

  2. Cast 1

    Calista Flockhart

    Helena

  3. Cast 1

    Christian Bale

    Demetrius

  4. Cast 1

    Dominic West

    Lysander

  5. Cast 1

    Stanley Tucci

    Puck

  6. Cast 1

    Rupert Everett

    Oberon

  7. Cast 1

    Michelle Pfeiffer

    Titania

  8. Cast 1

    Kevin Kline

    Nick Bottom

  9. Cast 1

    Sophie Marceau

    Hippolyta

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" (Christia...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$11,000,000.00

Revenue $16,071,990.00

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