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24 March 2000 (Norway)
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A New Spin on the Old Song and Dance more
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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
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2 nominations
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(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)
(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)
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Darn the critics, full speed ahead!
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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) |
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Peines d'amour perdues (Canada: French title) (France)
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Rated PG for sensuality and a brief drug reference.
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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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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The actors had three weeks to rehearse.
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Miscellaneous: During the tearing of the contract, you can see Kenneth Branagh mouthing Matthew Lillard's lines as he is saying them.
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King Ferdinand of Navarre, The:
Navarre shall be the wonder of the world; our court shall be a little Academe, still and contemplative in living art.
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References Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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There's No business Like Showbusiness
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Something about Love's Labour's Lost is causing critics to sniff and huff and puff like never before. The dance numbers aren't perfectly in sync and the music isn't perfectly performed, they sneer. Shakespeare and Gershwin don't mix. It's sheer fluff. It's bizarre.
Thus saith the critics. The forest that they're missing with their shrubs of discontentment is the overwhelming charm and infectuous fun of this silly little film. Yes, when Branagh and his cronies do a dance number it isn't lock-step choreography (one arm a little high, perhaps, one foot off the beat a bit). When Alicia Silverstone and her ladies-in-waiting cavort and giggle in a pool, they're not quite Esther Williams and company. Instead of picture-perfect Fred & Ginger, they look like real people dancing and singing because dancing and singing are fun. And unless you're Ebenezer Scrooge, The Grinch, or a movie critic, you'll have fun, too.
That's not to say the movie is just sloppy silliness. Branagh stages some gorgeous set pieces, including gondolas lit by Japanese lanterns, a prop-plane goodbye straight out of Casablanca, and a production number in which the film's silliest character kicks the moon like a big silver soccer ball. It's about a third Shakespeare, a third 30's musical, and a third Looney Tunes. What's odd is that the styles mix so well under Branagh's direction.
If you want a picture-perfect musical, rent "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" or some other dull thing. If you want perfect Shakespeare, rent Branagh's "Hamlet." If, however, you want a movie to make you believe in movies again -- if you want to kick up your heels, laugh out loud, and float out of a movie theater humming Cole Porter -- see this movie.