Title: Great Scenery, Horrible Actresses
Review: MSND is one of my favourite plays of the Bard, behind 12th Night. This adaptation ranks very poorly among the movie canon of the Bard. The Tuscany setting was gorgeous. I'll even give it that the male actors were good. Everett was an excellant Oberon. Tucci surprised me by turning in a decent Puck. But the female actresses were utterly, horrifically deplorable. If you are going to change the setting (location) of a Shakespeare, at least be consistent! Every time I heard "Athens" I wanted to scream. Athens is in Greece NOT, NOT, NOT Italy. You might as well have changed the town's name the discrepancy was so blarring blatant. Others have mentioned some of the subtleties that this adaptation missed. After a while you just get used to the fact that everyone corrupts Shakespeare these days. The poor Bard must be rolling in his blessed Stratford-upon-Avon grave.
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