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Overview
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Writers:
William Shakespeare (play)
Kenneth Branagh (screenplay)
Release Date:
24 March 2000 (Norway) more
Tagline:
A New Spin on the Old Song and Dance more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
Love's Labours Lost To Conclude Summer Season At Shakespeare's Globe Before Us Tour
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 4 September 2009, 12:40 AM, PDT)
Love's Labour's Lost: Hollywood Tackles In Vitro Fertilization
(From The Wrap. 19 April 2009, 5:30 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Enjoyable Musical-Shakespeare more (95 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alessandro Nivola | ... | King Ferdinand of Navarre | |
| Alicia Silverstone | ... | The Princess of France | |
| Natascha McElhone | ... | Rosaline | |
| Kenneth Branagh | ... | Berowne | |
| Carmen Ejogo | ... | Maria | |
| Matthew Lillard | ... | Longaville | |
| Adrian Lester | ... | Dumaine | |
| Emily Mortimer | ... | Katherine | |
| Richard Briers | ... | Nathaniel | |
| Geraldine McEwan | ... | Holofernia | |
| Stefania Rocca | ... | Jacquanetta | |
| Jimmy Yuill | ... | Dull | |
| Nathan Lane | ... | Costard | |
| Timothy Spall | ... | Don Armado | |
| Anthony O'Donnell | ... | Moth (as Tony O'Donnell) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Peines d'amour perdues (Canada: French title) (France)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for sensuality and a brief drug reference.
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Runtime:
93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Netherlands:6 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:PG
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Mercade was offered to Stephen Fry. more
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Anachronisms: While the movie's concentrating on what is obviously WW2, one of the paper shown announces the end of the war on November 11, which is in fact the date of the end of WW1 (the end of WW2 being on August 15). more
Quotes:
King Ferdinand of Navarre, The: How well he's read, to reason against reading. more
Movie Connections:
References Singin' in the Rain (1952) more
Soundtrack:
I've Got a Crush on You more
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This movie should be taken for what it is... experimental Shakespeare. Those expecting a loyal and painstaking presentation of the bard's work will likely be disappointed. Then again, so would someone searching for intelligence in Zoolander or Dumb and Dumber (both of which, I enjoyed after adjusting my expectations). To make a fair comparison, one must consider this movie against other experimental Shakespeare productions. I would say that it is on par with the adapted Romeo and Juliet from the 90's to give a rough idea. Certainly I have seen worse. For example, an adapted Hamlet (at our local Shakespeare in the park) with shameless pop culture references gratuitously inserted, including a spoofed scene of The Matrix. Anyway, I enjoyed the musical selection and dance routines (especially Adrian Lester's) of LLL very much with only a few exceptions, and would recommend this as a "date" movie.
"Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve"