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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 15 Jan 2016

Thanks to an astonishingly crisp restoration, Orson Welles' 1965 Shakespearean masterpiece can now be appreciated by anyone who thought his…

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By Paul Gilbert (1) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 09 Jan 2016

Chimes at Midnight is a testament to an artistic survivalist and a statement to the world then and now. Great art and artists will always find a way…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 30 Dec 2015

Like its central figure, and like the director and his oeuvre, the film has its flaws but they are to be overlooked in consideration of the…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 29 Dec 2015

Sprawling, and hugely ambitious, and containing a glorious Wellesian Falstaff who's as majestic in folly as he is in girth…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Jul 2015

Chimes at Midnight is one of Welles' peak achievements. Its depth of feeling seems very real, very deep indeed…

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By Philip Concannon (108) for The Skinny (809) on 05 Jul 2015

Thrillingly alive in a way that so few screen versions of Shakespeare manage to be…

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By David C (2,598) on 29 Jun 2015

Orson Welles's Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight is a remarkable adaptation of Shakespeare's plays Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, with elements from King…

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By Kevin R (2,184) on 29 Jun 2015

Orson Welles brings one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters to wondrous cinematic life…

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By Paul M (2,133) on 29 Jun 2015

Orson Welles's Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight is a remarkable adaptation of Shakespeare's plays Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, with elements from King…

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By John B (4,244) on 09 Jun 2015

Perhaps I was not in the mood to take in one of Shakespeare's lesser regarded works but I completely did not enjoy this Welles' masterpiece…

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By Allan C (2,173) on 24 May 2015

One of Orson Welles' lesser seen films, but one that should stand alongside his finest…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 30 Apr 2015

Hal's eventual betrayal of Falstaff (I know thee not old man) is the most poignant moment in all of Welles' movies…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 29 Apr 2015

Playing Falstaff might have been Welles's creative and physical destiny: in the character he found a dignity and sensuality in his, by then,…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 Apr 2015

Welles's most human film, his most poignant, funny and empathetic…

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By Jack G (1,167) on 01 Feb 2015

Orson Welles appears in this film larger than ever (ironically, according to the IMDb trivia, he had to slim down to play the role - perhaps…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 13 Jan 2015

Of all the movies Welles made, it may offer the most clues to his imposing pachyderm soul…

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By Michael T (3,420) on 16 Dec 2013

Filipino film critic (and on-line acquaintance) Noel Vera considers this one of, if not, THE best films ever made…

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By Naoya K (136) on 04 Oct 2013

Marvelous film in almost all senses…

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By Luc L (823) on 27 Jan 2013

A well made film about a Shakespearean character…

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By Matt M (2,511) on 18 Jan 2013

The relationship between Prince Hal of Wales and his fat and decadent companion of debauchery Falstaff…

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