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10/18/08
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Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
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Reviews Counted:61
Fresh:30
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Interesting idea, poor execution.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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Reviews for Love's Labour's Lost
We all know who's going to pair off with whom in the end, but Branagh does get us there in some considerable style.
07/06/08
Even though Love's Labour's Lost is, in showbiz terms, a turkey stuffed with chestnuts, you wouldn't trade it for a pot of gold.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis film is colorful and flighty and insubstantial and sentimental, and exults in it.
01/01/00
The most exultant epiphany of romantic celebration I've seen in a film--ever.
03/07/02
A luscious labor of love.
07/06/08
Both a paean to lyric poetry and Hollywood’s fondly remembered theatrically-set musical burlesques, LLL is quite audacious for its bubbly lightheadedness.
01/01/00
The real question is why there aren't more of these.
01/01/00
A delightful romantic comedy with musical numbers by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin.
03/13/02
Its cheery countenance is impossible to ignore.
01/01/00
An act of double homage to antique artifice.
02/09/06
Flaws (most of which are minor) aside, Love's Labour's Lost is an enjoyable trifle.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's so eager to please, so caught up in its own sunny energies, so seductive to look at, that what might be your resistance never gets off the ground -- or wants to.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a delightful blend of past styles and songs that adds a much-needed zest to a dry and dreary movie season.
11/22/02
Drop your cynicism off at the door and enjoy.
01/01/00
Making a glitzy, old-school 1930's movie musical out of the Bard's silliest work is exactly the kind of thing that a studio wouldn't do in a million years...
06/15/01
The producer- director- star- screenwriter is an unexpectedly charming musical lead, pleasantly reminiscent of Jimmy Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is one to remember for this year's award nominations, and should bring a smile to any film lover's face.
01/01/00
The effect is weird but it actually kind of works, illuminating both Shakespeare and the artifice of musicals.
01/01/00
A wonderful film, an absolute delight.
01/01/00
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