Stage director Trevor Nunn hasn't exploited it in his film of the chaotic Bard farce, which delivers only fitfully on goodwill the play automatically beckons.
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01/01/00
Twelfth Night (1996)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:21
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Director Trevor Nunn makes some questionable choices, but his stellar cast -- which includes Helena Bonham-Carter, Ben Kingsley, and Nigel Hawthorne -- more than rises to the material.
Runtime: 2 hrs 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Trevor Nunn's version of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work as a page in the court of Count Orsino. Orsino is... [More]
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Ben Kingsley, Nigel Hawthorne, Richard E. Grant
Director: Trevor Nunn
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Reviews for Twelfth Night
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03/24/02
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06/25/02
Why Nunn chose to set this version in the 1890s is a little baffling.
07/06/08
Where is Preston Sturges when we need him?
07/06/08
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06/23/04
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10/18/08
Carter plays the slightly unstable Olivia with comic efficiency.
01/01/00
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10/31/03
Twelfth Night is blessed with a first rate cast, all of whom have bought into Nunn’s vision.
01/01/00
British director Nunn doesn’t always take advantage of the play’s comic possibilities. But he creates absorbing, original moments -- in the unlikeliest of places.
01/01/00
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07/04/05
Focuses on the twists and turns in the giddy game of life.
08/28/02
The direction is assured, and the cast is masterly.
02/09/06
Shakespeare aficionados will probably be pleased that so much of the written word has made it to the screen, but the two-plus hour running length is a bit burdensome.
01/01/00
Top CriticNunn has done a very good job of keeping the humor and vitality of Shakespeare intact...
01/01/00
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04/10/03
Only fitfully do the actors actually seem to become the characters they are playing.
02/14/01
Top CriticNot to be missed.
04/17/02
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