1st Night

Name: 1st Night
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Musical
Released: May 3, 2013
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 29
Cast: Julian Ovenden, Mía Maestro, Nigel Lindsay, Oliver Dimsdale, Richard E. Grant

2013

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: May 3, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Julian Ovenden, Mía Maestro, Nigel Lindsay, Oliver Dimsdale, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Susannah Fielding

Summary: Adam is a rich industrialist, who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he is little more than a city suit living the capitalist dream, this frustrated amateur opera singer decides to stage an opera at his lavish country retreat. Once his friends see him belting out the notes, he feels sure it will spell the endAdam is a rich industrialist, who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he is little more than a city suit living the capitalist dream, this frustrated amateur opera singer decides to stage an opera at his lavish country retreat. Once his friends see him belting out the notes, he feels sure it will spell the end to their shallow taunts. In fact, it might even help him win the hand of a female conductor he has been pursuing whom - it just so happens - is the first to be recruited for his showpiece.… Expand

Director: Christopher Menaul

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Musical

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 116 min

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Frank Scheck

May 6, 2013

This farcical romantic comedy lacks the charm and star power to compensate for its contrived plotting and only mildly amusing situations. Read full review

Charles Gant

Apr 27, 2013

Many of the actors give performances in line with their low profile here. Read full review

Emma Dibdin

Apr 27, 2013

It’s to director Chris Menaul’s credit that his lack of big-screen experience isn’t evident, but the same can’t be said for his cast who are, by and large, too stiff to charm. Read full review

Time Out London Chris Menaul

Apr 27, 2013

The standard of acting is poor beyond belief. What happened to Grant’s career that he should be in the likes of this? Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

Apr 30, 2013

The depressingly predictable script—and tendency of everyone involved to jump to ridiculous conclusions—suggests a combination of Noises Off at best, and at worst, Three's Company. Read full review

Stephen Holden

May 2, 2013

If 1st Night had a glint of social satire, it might have amounted to something more than a frivolous fatuity. But it plays as an arch, hammily acted farce. Read full review

Drew Hunt

Apr 27, 2013

The political dynamic that underpins The Rules of the Game is nonexistent in 1st Night, which is fixated entirely on the zany sexcapades of its characters. Read full review

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