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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousStylizedWitty
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Plot:
- TwinsFall in LoveLove TriangleGender BendingMistaken IdentityDishonestyGenderLove and Romance more...
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Genres:
- ComedyRomanceIndependentPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 19th CenturyVictorian
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Audience:
- Date NightGirls' Night
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Humor:
- Comedy of ErrorsVerbal Byplay
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Twelfth Night, 1996
English
UK, Ireland, USA
Profile of Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night can be described as witty, stylized, and feel good. The plot revolves around twins, gender bending, and mistaken identities. Its comic aspect comes from verbal byplay and a comedy of errors. Twelfth Night's main genres are comedy, independent, and romance. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place in the Victorian era. Twelfth Night is adapted from a play. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a girls' night and a date night.
Summary of Twelfth Night
Trevor Nunn's version of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work as a page in the court of Count Orsino. Orsino is hopelessly in love with a woman named Olivia, and soon Viola finds herself hopelessly in love with Orsino. But Orsino thinks she's a man, and her predicament worsens when she realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with her. Nunn's film sets the play in the 19th Century and brings out both the ebullient and the melancholy aspects of Shakespeare's story.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, Ireland, USA |
| Release date: | October 1996 |
| Runtime: | 134 min |
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as Olivia
as Feste
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