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...scenery—shot in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island—is dazzling, though it stands out from the usual picturesque cinematography because of the giddy camera work. A feeling of disorientation is echoed throughout the movie, from the heaving plot to the erratic soundtrack that shifts between the general quiet of the film and the occasional blaring melody...
...movie moves along fast enough, despite its artsiness and the fact that, within the first 20 minutes or so, you can predict almost every element of the plot. This, I believe, is the point—as the movie progresses, and you know what will happen, you want to tell the dude in the back to stop the film and rewind to the beginning where we were showing fields of swaying flowers...
Princess Ida differs from most Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Gilbert and Sullivan were famous for popularizing the opera with their simple prose and topsy-turvy plots. Not only is Princess Ida written in blank verse, its characters and basic plot line are taken from a quite serious poem by Tennyson...
This two hour long show tells the hilarious story of Dr. Prentice and the many people that come through his office at his private, upscale psychiatric clinic. The plot thickens as Dr. Prentice tries to seduce his secretary only to be surprised in the act by his wife, who is herself having an affair. Dr. Prentice’s compulsive lying creates an intricate web of mistaken identities and a comic atmosphere of chaos in which discombobulated characters falsely accuse and misunderstand each other...
However, the witty script and ironic denouement of the plot create a play that is about much more than just the entertaining appearance of drugs, guns, and a stripping secretary...