Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Directed by

Kenneth Branagh

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four young men swear off love to focus on their studies but quickly break their vows when they meet four women. The story follows their romantic misadventures and comedic attempts at courtship.

fast-pacedlightheartedplayfulromanticwhimsicalnostalgictheatrical

What happens

Love's Labour's Lost is a 2000 British musical romantic comedy film written, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, based on the comic play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The first feature film to be made of this lesser-known comedy, Branagh's fourth film of a Shakespeare play was a box-office and critical disappointment. The cast includes Shakespearean veterans such as Timothy Spall, Richard Briers and Geraldine McEwan, alongside Hollywood actors Alicia Silverstone and Matthew Lillard and Broadway and West End stars such as Nathan Lane and Jimmy Yuill. As a result of its poor commercial performance, Miramax shelved its three-picture deal with Branagh, who subsequently returned to Shakespeare with As You Like It in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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