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As You Like It (2006)

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Rotten:9

Average Rating:4.4/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Alfred Molina and Kevin Kline take significant roles in this adaptation of William Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT. The production is helmed by Kenneth Branagh, who continues to bring the Bard to the... Alfred Molina and Kevin Kline take significant roles in this adaptation of William Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT. The production is helmed by Kenneth Branagh, who continues to bring the Bard to the big screen after his successes with MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, HAMLET, and HENRY V. [More]

Starring: Alfred Molina, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline

Starring: Alfred Molina, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Director: Kenneth Branagh

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Energetic and entertaining, but it's like a long episode of an over-talky, out-of-control soap opera.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/21/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

It's not an unsuccessful adaptation. But it rarely catches fire as one of Shakespeare's most popular plays should.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
09/21/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Kenneth Branagh directs this pedestrian spin on the Shakespearean comedy that proves stubbornly resistant to his boisterous brand of all-star panto.

Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | comment Comment
09/21/07
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
thelondonpaper

Kenneth Branagh gamely continues to put Shakespeare on film, and audiences continue to ignore them.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
09/21/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Kenneth Branagh is in danger of becoming the next Kenneth Branagh, in a career of serial self-replication as our last unstoppable screen Shakespearean.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
09/21/07
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

Branagh's direction is fluent, surefooted, a little broad sometimes; his ingenious Japanese staging recreates the wrestling match as a wacky sumo contest. It's elegant and Howard is very good.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/21/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Faced with As You Like It, one of the Bard’s more tiresome plays, Branagh’s direction loses conviction and his storytelling lacks the engaging enthusiasm of his previous Shakespeares.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
09/21/07
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

Smart casting and stand-out performances don't compensate for the twee source play and an over-ambitious screenplay from Branagh.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/21/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Channel 4 Film

Unremarkable take on the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy, ostentatiously relocated to 19th-century Japan though wholly shot in the Home Counties.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
09/21/07
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
Total Film

With the director setting such a leisurely pace, the seventh step into total inertia takes hold well before the curtain drops.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
09/21/07
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC

Branagh’s fifth foray into celluloid Shakespeare brings us this rather stodgy version of the Bard’s wise comedy of old Japan.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
09/21/07
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out

While diverting in parts, this struggles to make a convoluted plot engaging. We’re still loving Romola Garai and Bryce Dallas Howard, though.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/21/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine

[A]nyone who thinks that Shakespeare is a chore to be suffered needs to see how fresh and refreshing and sweet and enlightening and simply pleasant his wicked-sharp words can be...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/22/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
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