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Dominican Rep. Love's Labour's Lost
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Drama. Romance. Musical
Kenneth Branagh's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy sets the action in the last few days before the start of World War II. In the fictional kingdom of Navarre, King Ferdinand (Alessandro Nivola) and three chums take vow to study rigorously and avoid women for three years. Their vow is immediately tested with the surprise visit of the Princess of France (Alicia Silverstone) with three ladies-in-waiting. Romantic merriment ensues ... [+]
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"Branagh's attempt to meld Shakespeare's densely verbal early comedy with Broadway show tunes fails, thanks to stunt casting, poor singing and dancing, and the incompatibility of the two art forms" | NEU |
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"The effect is weird but it, actually, kind of works, illuminating both Shakespeare and the artifice of musicals." | POS |
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"Labour teeters on the edge of the amateur. Yet it's hard not to root for its moonstruck spirit, or to succumb to the panache of the pastiche." | NEU |
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"There's not a song I wouldn't hear again with pleasure, or a clip that might not make me smile, but as a whole, it's not much. Like cotton candy, it's better as a concept than as an experience" | POS |
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"Filling his movie with bright colors and giddy energy, Branagh has made a labor of love in which the labor is all too apparent." | NEU |
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"It's like Shakespeare done by the 'Fame' kids." | NEG |
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"Ken, Ken, Ken, not another Shakespeare, pleeeeeeez" | NEG |
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