A Midsummer Night's Dream

Name: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Released: July 13, 2018
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Avan Jogia, Charity Wakefield, Fran Kranz, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe

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Brainstorm Media | Release Date: July 13, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Avan Jogia, Charity Wakefield, Fran Kranz, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe, Mia Doi Todd, Paz de la Huerta, Rachael Leigh Cook, Saul Williams, Ted Levine

Summary: Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in modern day Los Angeles.

Director: Casey Wilder Mott

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Bradley Gibson

Jul 11, 2018

This film is pure delight. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jul 11, 2018

Transposing the Athenian comedy to Southern California, Casey Wilder Mott takes his bow as a feature director with a sensuous, silly and superbly cast version, one whose visually vibrancy matches its feel for the language. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Jul 13, 2018

If you’re hoping to see a production just like the one that would have been done in 1596, this ain’t it. But Mott’s version is a hell of a good time in its own right. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Jul 12, 2018

Mott, who started out in Hollywood working in the fabled William Morris Agency mailroom, nimbly choreographs all the updating, resulting in a breezy, cute-and-clever confection that’s tailor-made for a sultry midsummer’s night. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Jul 13, 2018

Despite the film’s good intentions it’s an underwhelming adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, with cute side gags that make more of an impression than the characters or the story. Read full review

Amelia Nierenberg

Aug 29, 2018

This adaptation feels like a soap opera made by someone who has seen too much late-stage Woody Allen and flounders with the self-importance of a director unable to read either text or city. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Aug 14, 2018

Too clever for its own good. Read full review

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Batguano06

Jul 30, 2018

The most enjoyable movie experience in long time. A brilliant whimsical interpretation of what previously had not been one of my favorite plays. It is now. WS would love this. Exceptionally clever. This movie is going to be a really BIG DEAL!

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jbuhn

Jul 29, 2018

Worthy of the Bard! I cringe a little each time a novel Shakespeare staging comes out (I shouldn’t of course – Shakespeare is nothing if not adaptable to everyone and everywhere) but this lives up to the depth and layering, the flippancy and seriousness, the timeless themes in the mouths ofWorthy of the Bard! I cringe a little each time a novel Shakespeare staging comes out (I shouldn’t of course – Shakespeare is nothing if not adaptable to everyone and everywhere) but this lives up to the depth and layering, the flippancy and seriousness, the timeless themes in the mouths of silly children so often and in so many ways, it is pure joy and Shakespeare himself would have loved it. Puck as a talented surfer dude, Theseus as a movie mogul, Helena as a poet, Oberon as an assured underworld hipster-what perfect roles! The language cut up and dislocated and juxtaposed among texts and projections and different speakers (yet shockingly well spoken) but by the book, the framing within framing so naturally expressed and even expanded in our cell phones, photos, videos, movies, and lives-what fun! Fresh and perfect! Casey Mott is the right kind of Shakespeare nerd, one who gets that these are stories for all of us and that there is always one more layer and one more joke to be had-Hurray! Congratulations! Let’s have more!… Expand

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jdolan74

Jul 14, 2018

Terrific film. A way for people to be introduced to Shakespeare who haven't studied it much. In the spirit of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet. Definitely worth the rent on iTunes or Red Box.

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Beecee

Aug 12, 2018

I've seen several versions of A Midsummer Night's Dream on both film and stage, and this was by far the least successful. The filmmaker was influenced by Baz Luhrmann, and completely modernized the story, including having some of the dialogue shown in text on smart phones. Some of theI've seen several versions of A Midsummer Night's Dream on both film and stage, and this was by far the least successful. The filmmaker was influenced by Baz Luhrmann, and completely modernized the story, including having some of the dialogue shown in text on smart phones. Some of the inventions don't work for me: when Bottom turns into an "ass" his face becomes a person's rear end, and the theatrical group becomes a film crew who do a spoof on Star Wars. The mostly young actors are not up to the task of performing the Shakespearean dialogue. Somehow, making this a totally modern play (except for the language) with modern locations takes much of the magic out of the play for me. The 1999 version with Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer was much better.… Expand

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