Love's Labour's Lost

2000

Comedy / Musical / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 67 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 5067 5.1K

dance musical romance

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Plot summary

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

Director

Kenneth Branagh Photo
Kenneth Branagh

Top cast

Natascha McElhone Photo
Natascha McElhone as Rosaline
Kenneth Branagh Photo
Kenneth Branagh as Berowne
Matthew Lillard Photo
Matthew Lillard as Longaville
Emily Mortimer Photo
Emily Mortimer as Katherine
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827.19 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 2
1.5 GB
1918*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
25 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by wmantzel 7 / 10

Enjoyable Musical-Shakespeare

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"
Reviewed by jerichobrawler 6 / 10

An odd little movie

Boy, Kenneth Branagh will try anything, won't he? Even infusing Shakespeare's comedy with a string of Gershwin-era songs and dances. But while his Much Ado About Nothing was a frothy, wonderful gem, Love's Labour's Lost . . . just didn't quite work. It's a noble try, though.Whether the concept itself is flawed is up for debate. (Surely some Shakespeare purists were up in arms when this came out!) What cannot be argued, however, is that Branagh's cast is unable to pull this off. They simply are trying to hard at what should come naturally, and the audience can't help but notice. His direction also sinks the film at various points, and as a result, the film jerks from scene to scene, from song to song, ultimately culminating in a collection of bits that never gel into a unified whole.That's not to say that the movie doesn't have its strengths. There is a sense of fun that pervades the film which is quite pleasant. The costumes and art direction are appropriately light and beautiful, and some of the comedy moments are quite fun. Each actor also has his or her strength. Alessandro Nivola (Laurel Canyon, Mansfield Park) is the best singer, Adrian Lester (Primary Colors) the best dancer, Branagh the best actor, and Matthew Lillard (Scooby-Doo) . . . sure is tall. The supporting cast (Nathan Lane, Alicia Silverstone, Emily Mortimer, et. al.) each do their best to rise above the film's shortcomings, as well.Ultimately, the audience ends up really trying to like this movie, but the flaws are too great to dismiss. 6/10 stars.
Reviewed by Andyman-3 7 / 10

Likeable - not traditional

To begin with, I must say that the version of Love's Labour's Lost that I saw had not been fully edited and the soundtrack comprised mostly of incidental music from Much Ado. Therefore I would surmise that the finished version will look better and slicker and, well, more finished.Branagh has taken a play which is fairly long, quite banal and filled with complex yet beautiful language and by cutting it down to 93 minutes, adding 5 or 6 song and dance routines and eliminating much of the original Shakespeare, he has managed to produce a very likeable farce.Traditionalists who hold Shakespeare in holy awe will find this film to be quite blasphemous. However, I feel that Branagh has captured the feeling of the piece extremely well. It is after all a slightly bawdy farce with lots of terrible jokes and a plot as shallow as a puddle in the drought season. Shakey raises it with many great and moving speeches (most by Berowne / Branagh surprisingly enough) and these have been lovingly restored in Branagh's film.My main gripe about the film is the ending. Not wishing to give anything away, I shall just say that Mr S intentionally left the ending of the playvery open - even quite pessimistic(?) Branagh doesn't. Even this is not crushing in itself and is thoroughly understandable in order to appeal to a bland, formulaic-loving Hollywood audience. But Branagh puts us through 3 separate endings to go along with this.The first, a usual musical device is used - to end on a spirited chorus song and dance. Branagh treats us to this - even to the extent of bringing on all of the cast for their bows. Then however he lets the momentum down for Ending No. 2 (the end of Shakey's play) which is slow, poignant and moving. Finally, he revs us up once again to give us a 3rd ending which the play did not contain and in my mind was superfluous to the piece as a whole.So what do I think? I would recommend it highly for the song and dance routines, the colours, the sets, the clever use of Shakespeare and actors getting pretty damned close to the bard (Alicia Silverstone really surprised me), but if you wanted your Shakey 'as is' this isn't the one for you.
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