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The Mikado Reviews

1982

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from 314 members

Gilbert and Sullivan's uproarious comic opera set at the court of the Mikado in Japan. Read more

Starring	William Conrad, Clive Revill, Anne Collins, John Stewart
Genres	Music/Musical

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- - 2
  - 0
  A joy to the ears if not the eyes
  
  This classic operetta is presented in glorious DTS. It sounds so great that You can afford to forgive how corny the staging looks.
  
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- 82944
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - MS
  - Edinburgh
  - 18 Mar 2005 at 15:42
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- - 1
  - 1
  Horrible.
  
  The makeup and costumes seems horribly stereotyped, the story requires a ludicrous suspension of disbelief (with far more logical holes than a Shakespearian ... read more »
  
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- - Bezman
  - 82 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 28 Apr 2009 at 06:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Mikado magic?
  
  Well, first you need to enjoy Gilbert & Sullivan. If you do, you will no doubt enjoy this film. It is well produced and choreographed, and most of the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Nuneaton
  - 30 Jan 2009 at 20:57
- - 0
  - 0
  The Mikado
  
  Singing good on the whole. Acting generally poor, (excepting Ko Ko, who was excellent. ) Sets drab and unattractive, costumes generally cheap looking, poor ... read more »
  
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- 692748
- - a customer
  - Warminster
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 22:11
- - 0
  - 0
  dreadful costumes!
  
  The singing was OK but the costumes were ludicrous.
  
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- 542717
- - a customer
  - Norwich, England
  - 20 Mar 2008 at 14:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Not as good as the real thing!
  
  Even considering it is nothing like as good the D'oyly Carte production I saw in the 70's and the B-list American actors would have been better replaced... read more »
  
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- 470870
- - a customer
  - Coventry, England
  - 31 Aug 2007 at 19:18
- - 1
  - 0
  Not bad
  
  I am not an opera expert but now what I like. I enjoyed the singing but the acting dancing and sets were a bit dodgy.
  
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- 288120
- - a customer
  - Surrey, UK
  - 21 Sep 2006 at 22:03
- - 2
  - 7
  Wonderful Music
  
  Difficult to assess the relative merits of this production compared with Doyly Carte's 1939 Colour Film.
  
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- 196476
- - Ellen Stevenson
  - Dumfries
  - 20 Jan 2006 at 14:11
- - 1
  - 0
  Well sung, but
  
  the libretto has been cut slightly. My main complaint is one about the costumes: why do they wear such baggy trousers? - the Mikado looks to have legs about 6&#... read more »
  
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- 95213
- - a customer
  - York
  - 21 Apr 2005 at 18:33
- - 2
  - 0
  A joy to the ears if not the eyes
  
  This classic operetta is presented in glorious DTS. It sounds so great that You can afford to forgive how corny the staging looks.
  
  Report this review
- 82944
- - MS
  - Edinburgh
  - 18 Mar 2005 at 15:42
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 2
  - 0
  A joy to the ears if not the eyes
  
  This classic operetta is presented in glorious DTS. It sounds so great that You can afford to forgive how corny the staging looks.
  
  Report this review
- 82944
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - MS
  - Edinburgh
  - 18 Mar 2005 at 15:42
- - 1
  - 0
  Well sung, but
  
  the libretto has been cut slightly. My main complaint is one about the costumes: why do they wear such baggy trousers? - the Mikado looks to have legs about 6&#... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 95213
- - a customer
  - York
  - 21 Apr 2005 at 18:33
- - 1
  - 0
  Not bad
  
  I am not an opera expert but now what I like. I enjoyed the singing but the acting dancing and sets were a bit dodgy.
  
  Report this review
- 288120
- - a customer
  - Surrey, UK
  - 21 Sep 2006 at 22:03
- - 0
  - 0
  Not as good as the real thing!
  
  Even considering it is nothing like as good the D'oyly Carte production I saw in the 70's and the B-list American actors would have been better replaced... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 470870
- - a customer
  - Coventry, England
  - 31 Aug 2007 at 19:18
- - 0
  - 0
  dreadful costumes!
  
  The singing was OK but the costumes were ludicrous.
  
  Report this review
- 542717
- - a customer
  - Norwich, England
  - 20 Mar 2008 at 14:00
- - 0
  - 0
  The Mikado
  
  Singing good on the whole. Acting generally poor, (excepting Ko Ko, who was excellent. ) Sets drab and unattractive, costumes generally cheap looking, poor ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 692748
- - a customer
  - Warminster
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 22:11
- - 0
  - 0
  Mikado magic?
  
  Well, first you need to enjoy Gilbert & Sullivan. If you do, you will no doubt enjoy this film. It is well produced and choreographed, and most of the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 698635
- - a customer
  - Nuneaton
  - 30 Jan 2009 at 20:57
- - 1
  - 1
  Horrible.
  
  The makeup and costumes seems horribly stereotyped, the story requires a ludicrous suspension of disbelief (with far more logical holes than a Shakespearian ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 749078
- - Bezman
  - 82 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 28 Apr 2009 at 06:30
- - 2
  - 7
  Wonderful Music
  
  Difficult to assess the relative merits of this production compared with Doyly Carte's 1939 Colour Film.
  
  Report this review
- 196476
- - Ellen Stevenson
  - Dumfries
  - 20 Jan 2006 at 14:11

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