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  • 2013
  • Revolver Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2013
  • Revolver Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m
The Magic Flute

Summary During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.

Directed By: Kenneth Branagh

Written By: Emanuel Schikaneder, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh

  • 2013
  • Revolver Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2013
  • Revolver Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m

The Magic Flute

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.

Directed By: Kenneth Branagh

Written By: Emanuel Schikaneder, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
55
22% Positive
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78% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
55
22% Positive
2 Reviews
78% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Oct 13, 2023
I am at a loss to understand why this film has been marginalized. Branagh’s "Flute" is a joy.
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70
Oct 13, 2023
Even though there were moments in The Magic Flute when I wondered if Branagh hadn't truly gone off his rocker, I found its audacity exhilarating. [11 Sep 2006]
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60
Oct 13, 2023
This is a genial and good-natured production with much spectacle and entertainment to offer, and, like all of Branagh's classical revivals on celluloid, it manages to be high-minded and yet accessible.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 13, 2023
Although Branagh has done a good job of toning down the opera's more ridiculous elements, what remains will test even the most willing opera virgin.
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60
Oct 13, 2023
Branagh has done a sterling job, full of energy and colour, and although some of them might balk at his modern interpretation of the story, his Magic Flute will no doubt attract aficionados, if not the popcorn crowd.
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40
Oct 13, 2023
There's not much magic left in Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute. Relocating the 1791 opera to WWI and adopting a hard-edged approach that worked for "Hamlet," Branagh has wrought a "Flute" for high-end aficionados only. Lavishly mounted and well sung, but thin on charm and spontaneity, pic is likely to hit a bum note at general wickets.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 13, 2023
Most unwary cinema-goers who see The Magic Flute will vow never to cross the threshold of an opera house as long as they live.
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Production Company Idéale Audience, Peter Moores Foundation
Release Date Jun 9, 2013
Duration 2 h 15 m
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Website http://www.magicflutefilm.com/
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Awards

Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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