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Love's Labour's Lost

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United Kingdom, France, United States · 2000
Rated PG · 1h 33m
Director Kenneth Branagh
Starring Kenneth Branagh, Alessandro Nivola, Adrian Lester, Matthew Lillard
Genre Comedy, Music, Romance

An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot this movie like a classic 30s musical. Love's Labour's Lost tells the story of four best friends who swear off love. The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years. Their honour is immediately put to the test by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three lovely companions. It's love at first sight for all concerned followed by the men's highly entertaining but hopeless efforts to disguise their feelings.

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Salon by Charles Taylor

Love's Labour's Lost is flawed, but Kenneth Branagh remains our greatest living interpreter of Shakespeare.

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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

The leaden bits do bring the proceedings to a screeching halt too many times, but the costumes are breathtaking, and the details (like color-coordinated martinis) are dazzling.

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Boston Globe by Jay Carr

Branagh and Love's Labour's Lost all but will themselves into liftoff. They achieve it, and in doing so, they somehow make it right to our pleasure centers with their generous embrace of stardust and pizazz.

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TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

As if to prove that light romantic comedy can be just as difficult to stage as Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh fails at both, simultaneously.

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