I just love that film! It's pure magic! I realy don't understand why this film
oftenly skiped or generate bad reviews? As a hardcore Woody Allen fan,i keep "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" as one of my "special" movie. Truly a different Woody Allen film...
Agreed, there is just something about this one. He really captures that nostalgic feeling from my childhood of tromping through the woods on a summer afternoon. Great movie!
shareI saw this film yesterday and thought it was very good, magical. It takes a little time to get into but once you do it's a delight.
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Despite my dislike for Mia Farrow, I have to agree this film is excellent. I thought Tony Roberts was particullary funny as the suave casanova -maybe it wasn't intentional on his part but anything that came out of his mouth made me laugh!
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I used to have a strong dislike for Mia Farrow, but around about the time Alice came out, I realized she was actually pretty good. Rosemary's Baby, Broadway Danny Rose, Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, The Great Gatsby, Purple Rose of Cairo, it starts to add up. I don't even remember why I ever disliked her.
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I really enjoyed this film too and once I saw it, it became part of my permanent video collection. Woody put together a very tight ensemble of actors here who work very well together. I especially loved Mary Steenburgen and Tony Roberts here. Roberts does some of his best work in this film...great performance.
shareI'm actually glad this is overlooked. I love finding obscure films that turn out to be excellent. This one I really enjoyed.
Woody Allen certainly made great use of the setting, and it really is a beautiful film. It was a good choice for him to make something so colourful after two back & white films.
It is remarkable to me--also as a hardcore Woody fan--how little posting is here for this film. It seems--just as is commented here--to be forgotten(even among his fans).
Before I started reading analysis of his films, I myself considered this a perfectly lovely but largely trivial(at least for woody)outing. Now that I have read on it--not that it is in-your-face meaning-of-existence stuff like a Crimes and Misdemeanors--but I recognize it for the deeper, more philosophically querying work it is(while also being delightful).
The analyzers of the film I have read discuss how Woody is challenging the nihilism of Leopold and the hedonism of all the characters.
One of the opinions I thought most interesting was of seeing the ending "happiness" between Adrian and Andrew as rather trite and hedonistically based, and therefore not a "happy ending" in the sense of reaffirming these characters' "true love" for one another, although that is not to necessarilly mean that Woody is saying that that kind of love is unatainable, just that it is absent here.
Woody himself called it an intermezzo, and I think that's probably the best way of seeing it. It's sandwiched between two much more impressive works -- Stardust Memories and Zelig -- the former being quite a difficult piece. But this is a Woody Allen film, so even though it's light and rather nice there's still going to be something more going on. We've got distinctive characters who, as always, Woody is using to explore his many questions about life and universe.
shareThough I liked this film, I still think it is one of Woody Allen's weaker movies. I wouldn't place this in my top 10 Woody's.
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agreed. i saw it today after 10 years and its still just as good as i remember. simply delightful
shareI'm so glad other people love this film despite the bad reviews I saw first! Just finished it and found it truly wonderful, nice to see Woody mingle with the spirit world and as a funny inventor!
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There is a reason MSNSC rules.....the group dialogue and terrific wordplay.
"If sex relieves tension and love causes it, can you ever have both at the same time?"
"I loved her from the first moment I smelled her." "Well, smell someone else. She's taken!"
It cannot be dismissed that Woody was at the top of his dialogue creation arc with MSNSC. As Woody is known to write his script each day during filming, his comfort level with this familiar ensemble let him fire away with abandon with the one-liners and socio-political commentaries. Brilliant!
The first is just clever but trivial wordplay, the second is quotidian snappiness based on an easy target. There's nothing special, deep, or amazingly funny about them. This reminds me why this movie made me feel so tired and indifferent.
shareYes indeed, this movie is very good and is overlooked unfortunately. Tony Roberts is great, especially with the arrow in his heart. This message board is so small, I couldn't believe it.
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Definatly underrated.
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i think this is one of woody's best. it's so beautiful...i don't know what to say.
all the roles are perfectly performed....all magical...excelent photography...
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Tony Roberts was hilarious, and the music was good and the dialogue was hilarious. This definately measures up too his early comedies. It is more serious than his early movies though. I would definitely recommend this one too everyone.
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