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A Little Night Music (1977)

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Average Rating: 3.7/10
Reviews Counted: 9
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Critic Reviews: 3
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Movie Info

Beginning its several incarnations as an Ingmar Bergman film named Smiles of a Summer Night, the story was adapted by composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim into a successful Broadway musical directed by Harold Prince. This film, also directed by Prince, is adapted from the stage musical. In the movie, in the early 1900s, a group of friends bound together by complicated romantic entanglements, have come together for an elegant dinner at a country estate. The men present are the current, previous, or

PG, 2 hr. 4 min.

Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

Directed By: Harold Prince , Mark Brokaw

In Theaters: Dec 1, 1977 Wide

On DVD: Apr 29, 2008

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Desiree
Diana Rigg
Charlotte
Len Cariou
Frederick
Hermione Gingold
Armfeldt
Lesley-Anne Down
Anne
Lawrence Guittard
Carl-Magnus Mittelheim
Christopher Guard
Erich
Lesley Dunlop
Petra
Chloe Franks
Fredericka Armfeldt
Heinz Maracek
Kurt
Jean Sincere
Box Office Lady
Jonathan Tunick
Conductor

Critic Reviews for A Little Night Music

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (9) | DVD (1)

The cast does little to help matters.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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TIME Magazine

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Uneven and sometimes slow, pic has good looks.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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It's something more than a shock, then, that the film adaptation of the Broadway show not only fails to raise the spirits; it also tramples on them.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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n uninspired screen version of Steven Sondheim's stage play.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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An abomination of a stage-to-screen adaptation, with disjointed performances that avoids some of the musical's best tunes in an effort to make it more audience friendly.

June 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

The film was not as bad as many detractors would like to imagine, although it earned its demerits at many levels.

June 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Snobbery

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Phil Hall

Film Snobbery

By all accounts, the movie version should have been a smash hit. It is instead a colossal mess.

May 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

Not offensive, just silly.

September 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Isn't it bad? Isn't it poor? Yes.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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With this much talent on the table this should have been so much better. Liz was a great star but not a singer just the wrong actress for the role she should never have been cast, she does not seem comfortable and is not looking her best. Diana Rigg, Hermoine Gingold and Len Cariou do what they can with their parts

April 29, 2011

jay nixon

Super Reviewer

One of my favorite Stephen Sondheim scores, set to a convoluted but fairly funny sex comedy plot. Although Elizabeth Taylor is not a very good singer, she embodies the character perfectly. The rest of the cast is fantastic, bringing out the surprising musicality of Sondheim's melodies and the brilliance of his lyrics.

February 3, 2009