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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)

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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 14  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.2/10
 
Consensus: It may not Woody Allen's best work, but the frothy, fun A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is still worth a look.
 

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Runtime: 88 mins

Synopsis: A wonderful, frothy treat from Woody Allen about three couples frolicking in the countryside at the turn of the century. At a beautiful farmhouse in upstate New York, wealthy Andrew passes his summer days tinkering as a hack inventor and attempting to make love with his frigid wife, Adrian.... A wonderful, frothy treat from Woody Allen about three couples frolicking in the countryside at the turn of the century. At a beautiful farmhouse in upstate New York, wealthy Andrew passes his summer days tinkering as a hack inventor and attempting to make love with his frigid wife, Adrian. Then Leopold, a self-possessed scholar, and his future wife, the highly sexed Ariel, come for a visit. The second couple in the mix is Maxwell, a doctor, and his current girlfriend, Dulcy, a nurse who advises Adrian on her sex life. It turns out that Andrew once had an innocent romance with Ariel, but he's one of the very few men she has met and not slept with. Now Andrew is very much interested in Ariel again--and she in him. And thus begins this whimsical farce of lust, love, and longing among friends. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 11, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer

Additional Products:

  • Collectible Booklet

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It's not classic Woody, but it has a warmly human attractiveness about it.

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Warm, romantic and old-fashioned.

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02/09/06
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It's funny and sweet in spots, though the light moments get lost in the haze of imitation and ambitiousness.

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07/03/08
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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A pleasant disappointment, pleasant because he gets all the laughs he goes for in a visually charming, sweetly paced picture, a disappointment because he doesn't go for more.

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3/4

It's one of Allen's lightest trifles, but it too contains enough funny jokes and fantasy moments to make it a small treasure.

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09/24/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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07/14/07
Cole Smithey
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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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07/04/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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2/5

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06/06/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/4

There doesn't seem to be a driving idea behind it, a confident tone to give us the sure notion that Allen knows what he wants to do here.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Picturesque but uncertain.

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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy circles around the nuances of love-a web that both tantalizes and confounds Americans.

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02/04/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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11/03/03
Frank Swietek
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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07/20/03
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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5/5

Top-flight Allen. Probably his most gorgeous color film.

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06/16/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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3/5

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11/08/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)
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3.5/5

Not among Woody's most memorable, but it's still pleasant enough to warrant a visit.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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This Midsummer’s Night is fun, witty, and wild, although ultimately forgettable.

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12/25/01
David Perini
Apollo Guide
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2/5

A poor second fiddle to stuff like Porky's.

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10/22/01
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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