Campanadas a medianoche (Chimes at Midnight) (Falstaff) Reviews and Ratings


  • cinemikeinfrance
    July 29, 2009
    cinemikeinfrance
    If there was a golden age of cinema, this must have been part of it.
  • harrycaul
    June 8, 2008
    harrycaul
    Considering that just about everything Orson Welles directed after "Citizen Kane" was compromised by studio interference and/or budgetary constraints, it's remarkable that he made as many brilliant movies as he did. "Chimes at Midnight" is one of his very best. Magnificent yet fl...( read more)awed, so well does this film mirror both its creator and the character he plays in it, lovable rogue Sir John Falstaff, that its very flaws almost become virtues. Though it is directed, photographed and edited with extraordinary skill, "Chimes at Midnight" contains some of the worst dialogue synching I have ever come across. A restoration of the film has long been rumoured, but such is the quantity of slapdash dubbing, short of creating a brand new soundtrack, no amount of judicious tweaking is ever likely to completely reunite Shakespeare's words with the lips that are uttering them. In spite of this, in spite of the difficult language and the dizzying editing style, which exhilarated but ultimately exhausted me, "Chimes at Midnight" is a wonderful movie.
  • rubystevens
    May 28, 2008
    rubystevens
    magnificent. the finest shakespeare adaptation i've seen with one of the finest battle scenes ever filmed! absolutely breathtaking. it's criminal that this doesn't have a criterion and armageddon does
  • MangoChutChut
    January 11, 2008
    MangoChutChut
    What the frick is this?
  • jvanmatre
    August 24, 2007
    jvanmatre
    Arguably the finest Shakespeare movie ever. Criminally out of print in the US, but see it any way you can.
  • stapplegunner
    June 2, 2007
    stapplegunner
    Easily the best Shakespeare film ever made.
  • chabeartn
    May 18, 2007
    chabeartn
    a Shakepears lover's dream.
  • dooritor
    April 28, 2007
    dooritor
    chimes at midnight is flatout the greatest shakespeare, best photo, believable acting. ok its just out of this world. if anyone new what the hell citizen kane was about, and can understand old english, this will be a favorite. something about this movie that makes people breathe ...( read more)clearer and think deeper. dont die without seeing this!
  • SarahJoyFrost
    December 11, 2006
    SarahJoyFrost
    i would like to see this

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