Love's Labour's Lost
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- Summary: Branagh turned Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" into a 1930s-style romantic musical comedy, topped with retro dance numbers and classic songs.
- Director: Kenneth Branagh
- Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Musical
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75Branagh 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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60Even 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.
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58Too many moments of evident labor weigh this clever production down. To quote the playwright: ''Your wit's too hot, it speeds too fast, 'twill tire.''
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30Branagh has cut, pasted and aggressively abridged Love's Labour's Lost, and piled it high with fancy visuals to make sure we get the drift.
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