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A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • 6.4 /10

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Plot

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.

Cast

Rupert Everett as Oberon
Rupert Everett

as Oberon

Calista Flockhart as Helena
Kevin Kline as Nick Bottom
Kevin Kline

as Nick Bottom

Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania
Michelle Pfeiffer

as Titania

Stanley Tucci as Puck
Stanley Tucci

as Puck

Christian Bale as Demetrius
Christian Bale

as Demetrius

Sophie Marceau as Hippolyta
Sophie Marceau

as Hippolyta

David Strathairn as Theseus
David Strathairn

as Theseus

Anna Friel as Hermia
Anna Friel

as Hermia

Dominic West as Lysander
Dominic West

as Lysander

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 20, 1999

Production Companies

  • Taurus Film

  • Fox Searchlight Pictures

  • Regency Enterprises

Production Countries

  • Italy

  • United States of America

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $11,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $16,071,990.00

Runtime

  • 1.93 hrs

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Reviews

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 thi…