Review – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

This is as straight a version of Shakespeare’s play as one can expect from a Hollywood star-filled fantasy extravaganza. Frankly, it’s all too easy to get caught up in games of “hey, that’s what’s-his-name from that other movie” and lose track of the story. But that’s okay. Though I’m no Shakespeare connoisseur, in my opinion this isn’t one of the Bard’s finer moments. Instead, it’s a meandering, silly little farce about love gone wrong thanks to careless fairies intervening in mortal affairs. It’s pretty. It’s funny in spots. But it’s impossible to take as seriously as we appear to be intended to take it. Further, I’d forgotten about the play-within-a-play at the end of the production. With the main romances at their natural ends, I was all set to be done with it and move on to a new picture around 20 minutes before I could actually do so. Mildly amusing