Twelfth Night
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Movie Reviews of Twelfth Night
Movie Review: Charming
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a charming adaptation of Shakespeares Twelth Night. The perfomances by a steller chast including Ben Kingsley,Imogene Stubbs, Helen Bonham Carter and Nigel Hawthorne are wonderful. Trevor Nunns direction is sensitive and sharp and the costuming and camera work beautiful.
This is a must have for anyone who loves Shakespeare. Even my eleven year old son enjoys this movie. It was (on video) one of the first Shakespeare films I introduced to my children (I have 6) and they have all loved it. Thanks to Nunn and Kenneth Branagh my children have never struggled with the Shakespeare part of High School English. They sail right on through, while many of their peers flounder.
Thus I can say that this movie is not only entertaining but educational as well.
Movie Review: Hey ho, the wind and the rain...
Summary: 5 Stars
Ben Kingsley's inspired performance as Feste is just one of the highlights in this simply stunning interpretation of Twelfth Night.
I totally concur with the other reviewers who have rated this so highly, along with Ken B's gorgeous Much Ado, for example. I bought this based on the cast alone, but to be honest, it even exceeded my expectations.
Just as Shakespeare played around with gender/androgyny in As You Like It, in which Rosalind cross-dressed in order to gain information etc. he excels in Twelfth Night by also adding twins into the mix - he was the father of twins, himself.
I really cannot recommend this delightful and hilarious production highly enough.
My tale is told...
Movie Review: In the Whirligig of Time
Summary: 5 Stars
Trevor Nunn's impeccably cast Twelfth Night does a stunning job of revealing the symbolism that saturates this play. Nunn's masterly tightening and interweaving of Shakespeare's scenes accentuates the symbols in the text while his cinematography makes haunting use of visual images that are the staples of Celtic legend. That earlier world's own metaphysical investment in the mystical union of opposites parallels Shakespeare's preoccupation with the double marriage. By merging these worlds and their symbols - the Shakespearean and the Celtic, the textual and the visual - so seamlessly together Nunn and his superlative team bring manna to starved souls.Movie Review: It maketh me want to cry...
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is amazing from start to finish. The acting, the music, the scenery, they are all beautifully done. I love Shakespeare and this was my favorite play before I saw the movie. Now that I've seen this, it is also one of my favorite movies. I've been waiting for this DVD for a long time and I'm so glad it's finally here! I wish Amazon.com sold the soundtrack to it, because it is entrancing. When you watch, be sure to have some kleenex for the end...By the way, if Duke Orsino (Toby Stephens) looks familiar, he was in James Bond: Die Another Day and is Dame Maggie Smith's son.Movie Review: Loved it
Summary: 5 Stars
I should acknowledge, first of all, that this is probably my favorite of Shakespeare's plays; therefore, I'm inclined to be biased. Still, I loved this movie.
In particular, I was delighted to see Ben Kingsley as Feste the Jester and was impressed that he could sing so well.
I also really enjoyed the scenes wherein Olivia (Helena Bonham Carter) is being wooed by Viola (Imogen Stubbs) for the Duke (Toby Stephens). I liked the banter and the irony of the first scene in particular.