Twelfth Night: Or What You Will 1996

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Read more

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Stephen Holden, New York Times: A comic meditation on desire, disguise and inherent bisexuality. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Only fitfully do the actors actually seem to become the characters they are playing. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: An entertaining movie. No more, no less. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: 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. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Bonham Carter, who has grown wonderfully as an actress, walks the thin line between love and comedy... Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: An innovative and imaginatively rendered version of Shakespeare's funniest play. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: The direction is assured, and the cast is masterly. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: A handsome, agreeably performed rendition that fails to ignite much laughter or any real emotion. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: 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. Read more