Musicals like this are the reason we don't see more musicals.
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04/03/01
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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
Maybe Kenneth Branagh should have left the Hollywood musical where he found it, back in the 1930s.
01/01/00
Top CriticMaybe Kenneth Branagh should have left the Hollywood musical where he found it, back in the 1930s.
02/21/04
Top CriticThe effect is weird but it actually kind of works, illuminating both Shakespeare and the artifice of musicals.
01/01/00
It'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.
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03/24/02
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06/05/02
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
It's so escapist it escapes even from itself.
01/01/00
Top CriticMaking 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
Most of the movie is just plain weird and uncomfortable to watch.
01/01/00
It'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
The goofy side characters are the most unfortunate segment on screen.
01/01/00
It's all light and frothy and harmless, but, for some, cotton candy won't substitute for the denser, more dangerous joys of chocolate fudge.
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10/18/08
Each player ends up performing in a different play.
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10/18/08
Yes, sadly, some of Love's Labour's Lost is laboured, indeed.
01/01/00
Alicia Silverstone was better as Batgirl than in this piece of garbage. I don't think she even understood what she was saying.
12/06/05
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