Topsy Turvy 1999 Watch Free in HD

After Gilbert and Sullivan's latest play is critically panned, the frustrated team threatens to disband until Gilbert's wife, Lucy 'Kitty' Gilbert, drags him along to a Japanese exhibition, exposure to the very different culture begins inspiration to embark on the production of 'The Mikado.'

Genre:

Drama, Comedy, Biography

Actors:

Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith, Roger Heathcott, Wendy Nottingham, Stefan Bednarczyk, Geoffrey Hutchings, Timothy Spall, Francis Lee, William Neenan, Adam Searle, ...»

Director:

Mike Leigh

Country:

United States, United Kingdom

Release:

1999

IMDb:

7.3

Quality:

Duration:

160 min

Houston Chronicle

If you are a Gilbert and Sullivan buff, you will be in heaven. If you are not, the first thing you will need to know is that the film is nearly three hours long.

July 21, 2005

Film Threat

The real magic of this film is in the way most of the characters skillfully navigate their way around each other's sizable but fragile egos.

December 06, 2005

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Q Network Film Desk

Leigh's strict attention to detail and his uncommon method of involving his actors in the creative process of forming the script infuses life into material that could have easily become another stiff, British period production

April 06, 2011

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Time Out

Leigh's cast are beyond compare, and the whole bighearted, splendidly droll celebration of the entertainer's lot surely stands among British cinema's one-of-a-kind treasures.

February 09, 2006

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Big Picture Big Sound

There is not an unrealized or extraneous character in the film, and I can't remember a movie that so completely studies the intricacies of bringing a production to the stage.

July 14, 2007

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Entertainment Weekly

You're likely to be moved to tears.

January 01, 2000

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Sacramento News & Review

A great study on the struggle to create live theater, containing beautiful musical sequences and fantastic portrayals of the musical's creators.

August 07, 2008

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San Francisco Chronicle

The film is a delight and a surprise, all the more so since Leigh is associated with gritty working-class stories.

June 18, 2002

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Globe and Mail

Not your normal period piece, to be sure.

March 22, 2002

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Reeling Reviews

Leigh has handcrafted a big production and succeeds, mostly, in entertaining the viewer to the end -- especially for fans of Gilbert and Sullivan.

April 09, 2005

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The sense of a work of art coming to life has rarely been more beautifully or excitingly portrayed. This is a film not to be missed.

October 30, 2008

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Variety

[A] beautifully crafted and lively romp around the 1880s stage world.

June 17, 2008

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