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A great showcase for the heavenly cast featuring some of the best performances ever by Bonham Carter (save 'Wings of the Dove'), Kingsley (in his best supporting turn ever), novice Stubbs, and Stephens. Trevor Nunn comes through with an exquisite Shakespeare film adaptation (which is a do or die task). The only flaw, perhaps, is the few minutes before the conclusion when everything seems to be coated with a thick gloss of sugar the film comes through this unscathed. Wonderful, layered support comes from Ben Kingsley playing Feste, Olivia's fool. Meanwhile, Viola's lost twin brother (Steven Mackintosh of 'Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets', excellent again here) winds up in Illyria and adds to the confusion. Helena Bonham Carter is pitch perfect as the beautiful Olivia, who in 'deep mourning' for her dead brother, falls in love with Cesario (who happens to be a woman named Viola dressed up as a man, wonderfully played by Imogen Stubbs, the only actress I've ever seen able to create both a charming Viola and a totally believable Cesario), meanwhile Viola falls for the Duke of fictional Illyria (the exquisite Toby Stephens) who is desperately in love with the Lady Olivia. Trevor Nunn's beautifully photographed and acted, deftly written film is one of the most enjoyable adaptations of a Shakespeare play ever made.

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