A film of ingenious concepts put into practice with disappointing clumsiness.
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01/01/00
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
Reviews for Love's Labour's Lost
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10/18/08
Top CriticWe 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
Top CriticAn act of double homage to antique artifice.
02/09/06
Top CriticBranagh has some terrific sight gags up his sleeve, and the songs themselves are absolutely wonderful.
12/10/01
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10/18/08
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03/22/02
Top CriticIt's all light and frothy and harmless, but, for some, cotton candy won't substitute for the denser, more dangerous joys of chocolate fudge.
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
Maybe Kenneth Branagh should have left the Hollywood musical where he found it, back in the 1930s.
02/21/04
Maybe Kenneth Branagh should have left the Hollywood musical where he found it, back in the 1930s.
01/01/00
Yes, sadly, some of Love's Labour's Lost is laboured, indeed.
01/01/00
Though the tunes of Gershwin, Porter, Kern and Berlin on display here are great too, their mere presence can't overcome the problems of adaptation, casting and direction that mar the picture.
01/01/00
Love's Labour's Lost hops, bumps and skids along the ground like the flightless creature that it is.
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One might as well be watching Lawrence Welk reruns.
09/10/01
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