Topsy-Turvy

1999

Action / Biography / Comedy / Drama / History / Music / Musical

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 90% · 88 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 14353 14.4K

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Plot summary

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

Director

Mike Leigh Photo
Mike Leigh

Top cast

Nicholas Woodeson Photo
Nicholas Woodeson as Mr. Seymour
Charles Simon Photo
Charles Simon as Gilbert's Father
Jim Broadbent Photo
Jim Broadbent as William Schwenck Gilbert
Andy Serkis Photo
Andy Serkis as John D'Auban
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1.45 GB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 40 min
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2.97 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
R
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23.976 fps
2 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Peter McGinn 7 / 10

I particularly like most of Mike Leigh’s movies

I particularly like most of Mike Leigh’s movies, so it is surprising that I took so long to get around to watching Topsy Turvy. A few of his films are on my list of favorite films out there, but sadly this effort did not threaten to crack that list. Not that I didn’t enjoy it overall. It was entertaining and fun, though it hovered on minor scenes sometimes on its way to lasting two hours and forty minutes. And it was interesting to see how the Gilbert and Sullivan characters worked together, assuming it is somewhat accurate portrayal of the actual historical duo. Finally, it features four of my favorite British actors: Lesley Manville, Timothy Spall (who disappears into the role of the Mikado), Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent. One element that kept me from enjoying the movie even more was the tendency for the characters to mutter to each other when conversing. I turned up the volume at those times, which not only failed to solve the problem completely, but then when the scene changed into one of the great choruses from the Mikado, it blasted me out of my seat. Then I’d turn it down, wait and repeat. So I cautiously recommend watching Topsy Turvy, especially if you like understated British movies, or for that matter, The Mikado.
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Reviewed by jannings 8 / 10

a superb portrait of the Victorian era

At first glance this movie may seem like a biographical treatment of Gilbert and Sullivan; it is actually a representation of a bygone age, employing the figures of William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan to counterpoise the contradictions within the later Victorian period. Sullivan (in Allan Corduner's performance) is the sensation-seeker, Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) the cerebral eccentric. Both are virtuosos as composer and librettist/director respectively, creating comic masterpieces unparalleled since Aristophanes. Broadbent's performance in particular marks this actor as one of Britain's very best; but the design work got the Oscar awards and nominations, and rightly so. Mike Leigh's script and direction are taut and convincing. The scenes set within the Savoy Theatre in London are as authentic anyone will ever see in a movie.

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