Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 4
Kenneth Branagh's love for the material is contagious in this exuberant adaptation.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 2
Kenneth Branagh's love for the material is contagious in this exuberant adaptation.
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Actor Kenneth Branagh made his directorial debut with a rousing screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's Henry V. Four years later, he returns to the bard's work with this lively version of one of Shakespeare's best comedies. Don Pedro (Denzel Washington), the Prince of Aragon, returns victorious from battle to the praises of the Governor of Messina, Leonato (Richard Briers). One of Don Pedro's bravest men, Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard), falls in love with Hero (Kate Beckinsale), Leonato's
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Cast
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Kenneth Branagh
Benedick -
Michael Keaton
Dogberry -
Robert Sean Leonard
Claudio -
Keanu Reeves
Don John -
Emma Thompson
Beatrice -
Denzel Washington
Don Pedro -
Richard Briers
Seigneur Leonato Govern... -
Kate Beckinsale
Hero -
Brian Blessed
Seigneur Antonio -
Richard Clifford
Conrade -
Ben Elton
Verges -
Gerard Horan
Borachio -
Phyllida Law
Ursula -
Imelda Staunton
Margaret -
Jimmy Yuill
Friar Francis -
Andy Hockley
George Seacole -
Edward Jewesbury
Sexton -
Alex Lowe
Messenger -
Alex Scott
Servant to Benedick -
Patrick Doyle
Balthasar -
Chris Barnes
Francis Seacole
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All Critics (45) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (5) | DVD (10)
Continuously enjoyable from its action-filled opening to the dazzling final shot...
Top CriticThere's much to commend in Branagh's pruned, international version of Shakespeare's troubling comedy.
Kenneth Branagh...has done it again.
The picture is overripe, and with few exceptions, so are the performances.
The key to the film's success is in the acting, especially in the sparks that fly between Branagh and Thompson.
Somehow, the movie feels insubstantial and uninspired.
Very accessible, jubilant Shakespeare with brief bawdiness.
Branagh's highly entertaining and accessible take on one of the Bard's zestiest comedies. [Blu-ray]
A joyous romp whose forced jollity is only occasionally wearing.
You can not fault Branagh's enthusiasm and his successful campaign to bring the Bard to the masses.
The DVD is short on extras.
Although Kenneth Branagh's interpretation does much to make Shakespeare's play comprehensible, it ultimately fails to create any kind of enduring watchability.
A lively and colorful adaptation of Shakespeare's play; Thompson and Branagh are especially fun to watch.
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- Claudio: Silence is the perfectest herald of joy.
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Foreign Titles
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing (DE)
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing (UK)
