A Midwinter's Tale
1995 · Movie · R · 99 min · ★ 7.1 · 76% critics
A struggling actor returns home at Christmas and helps mount a shoestring production of Hamlet to save a village church. As an odd mix of performers rehearse in difficult circumstances, the project becomes a funny, affectionate story about community, ambition, and unexpected hope.
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Details
- Original title
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-09-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (44 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like warm British comedy-dramas about messy creative groups and community spirit, somewhere between Much Ado About Nothing and Beautiful Thing; Not for you if theatrical in-jokes or gentle, quirky humor aren’t your thing.
Pros: warm, uplifting humor; lovable ensemble misfits; affectionate theatre setting | Cons: some cliched beats; uneven supporting turns; finale less sharp
Themes
- transvestite
- theatre group
- black and white
- nostalgic
- hamlet
- christmas
- gay theme
- theater
Cast & crew
Michael Maloney
as Joe
Richard Briers
as Henry
Joan Collins
as Margaretta
Nicholas Farrell
as Tom Newman
Julia Sawalha
as Nina
Celia Imrie
as Fadge
John Sessions
as Terry Du Bois
Jennifer Saunders
as Nancy
Gerard Horan
as Carnforth
Mark Hadfield
as Vernon Spatch
Directed by Kenneth Branagh