Twelfth Night Reviews
Even if you don't know the play, or don't "speak Shakespeare," you're in for a lively, rewarding experience.
| Original Score: A- | Feb 22, 2019
Nunn's film succeeds beautifully in its chosen course.
| Aug 16, 2018
Staring sardonically into the camera, Kingsley's cool fool gives this Victorian fantasy a modern edge, as a bitter commentator who dimly views romantic love as quite absurd.
| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 25, 2018
I started watching the film by thinking, "They should film more of the comedies," and probably They still should, but I ended by thinking, "They really ought to hire movie directors to make movies."
| Original Score: C+ | Jan 8, 2012
Where is Preston Sturges when we need him?
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 6, 2008
A handsome, agreeably performed rendition that fails to ignite much laughter or any real emotion.
Full Review | Jul 6, 2008
Why Nunn chose to set this version in the 1890s is a little baffling.
| Jul 6, 2008
The direction is assured, and the cast is masterly.
| Feb 9, 2006
Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 4, 2005
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 23, 2004
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2003
A comic meditation on desire, disguise and inherent bisexuality.
Full Review | May 20, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 10, 2003
Another fine film version of the Bard's work...
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2002
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 6, 2002
Focuses on the twists and turns in the giddy game of life.
| Aug 28, 2002
Not to be missed.
| Apr 17, 2002
An entertaining movie. No more, no less.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 12, 2002
Only fitfully do the actors actually seem to become the characters they are playing.
| Feb 14, 2001
Twelfth Night may be uneven, but is still largely appealing, thanks to the talented cast and the unique design of the film.
| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 1, 2000