Topsy-Turvy

Part of the appeal of Topsy-Turvy is its generosity about human folly and shortcomings. Its wistfulness is very touching.

It is one of the year's best films.

A 160 minute work of sustained brilliance and delicacy.

A monument to process -- to the minutiae of making art -- Topsy-Turvy leaves you upside down and breathless.

Wildly entertaining, "Shakespeare in Love" minus the Bard and the babe, but with substantive style to burn.

At 160 minutes, it's a bit long and uneventful for anyone who is not at least a moderate fan of the musicals.

But there's so much more of the very, very British Topsy-Turvy that just seems so stuffy and inert.

Showdown of performances in real-life drama about the fathers of musical Opera. Remarkable evocation of era and how was adapted the Mikado.

Topsy-Turvy is one of those films I would rather watch again and again until the day's over. Luckily, there's even things that forces me to watch it again and again.

Hoooo boy. So. Yeah. Lotsa yellowface in this one. By actors you’ve seen in Harry Potter. The movie itself is excellent. But has a huge blind spot in treatment of Asian characters. Impossible to watch in original context. If this was about Pirates of Penzance, it would be a ten.