Love's Labour's Lost
1,377
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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United States | New York Post | "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 |
United States | Austin Chronicle | "The effect is weird but it, actually, kind of works, illuminating both Shakespeare and the artifice of musicals." | POS |
United States | Newsweek | "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 |
United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "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 |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "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 |
United States | Time | "It's like Shakespeare done by the 'Fame' kids." | NEG |
United States | The Washington Post | "Ken, Ken, Ken, not another Shakespeare, pleeeeeeez" | NEG |
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