Review of Love's Labour's Lost (1985) by Jenni A — 01 Sep 2007

Shakespeare and Broadway collide with an amazing cast!

This review of Love's Labour's Lost (1985) was written by Jenni A on 01 Sep 2007.

Love's Labour's Lost has generally received mixed reviews.

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By K G (148) on 09 Jan 2009

Cute. I really liked the 1930s setting. some of the cast couldn't sing, and some of the songs seemed out of place…

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By Giffy G (176) on 30 May 2008

I actually thought this would be worth watching-- transforming a Shakespeare comedy into a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical…

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By Annie B (151) on 25 Feb 2012

I really enjoy most Branaugh movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays, but this one, with the pre-WWII muscial numbers thrown in, was just... silly…

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By Abel D (318) on 14 Oct 2012

The problem that I had with this film is that Branagh, tries to turn a Shakespeare play into a musical / comedy ala Ginger Rogers that it ends…

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By Edith N (976) on 16 Jan 2009

I know. Musical? But oh, yes…

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By Greg S (1,081) on 30 Aug 2011

This is one of my family's favorite movies…

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By Mat K (131) on 27 Jan 2009

Meh. It would have been much better without all the annoying dance numbers thrown in, but I suppose those appeal to some people…

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By Elizabeth S (547) on 08 Jan 2008

I really enjoyed this film and thought it was a magnificent effort by Branagh, but it's definitely an acquired taste…

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Labour teeters on the edge of the amateur. Yet it's hard not to root for its moonstruck spirit, or to succumb to the panache of the pastiche…

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By Xmodem R (71) on 18 Apr 2008

A bizzare yet great mashup that shouldn't work and that's why it does. This is just downright fun…

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