Review of Much Ado About Nothing (1993) by Stanley Kauffmann for The New Republic — 18 Oct 2015
Much Ado, for reasons given below, is not quite up to the level of Henry, but once again Branagh has adapted Shakespeare dexterously. Once again he has followed Granville Barker's advice about pace in Shakespeare, understanding that the essence of pace is not speed but energy.
Once again he has excellent colleagues off-camera, most notably Doyle, that open-throated composer, and the editor Andrew Marcus, who knows how to tip in glimpses of others to give dialogues a balletic lift.
Once again Branagh has his attractive self on screen. Once again--and may I live to type these words a hundred times more--there is Emma Thompson.
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This review of Much Ado About Nothing (1993) was written by Stanley Kauffmann and published by The New Republic on 18 Oct 2015.
Much Ado About Nothing has generally received positive reviews.
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