As You Like It (2006)

Directed by

Kenneth Branagh

Genre

comedy film, romantic comedy

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 100 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, reset in 19th century Japan. It follows a group of characters who flee to a forest, where they experience love, mistaken identities, and humorous encounters. The story explores themes of love and freedom.

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What happens

As You Like It is a 2006 romance film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, and based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester, Janet McTeer, Alfred Molina, David Oyelowo and Brian Blessed in a dual role. The film transferred the play's setting to a late 19th-century European colony in Japan after the Meiji Restoration. Filming took place at Shepperton Film Studios and at the never-before-filmed gardens of Wakehurst Place. Produced by The Shakespeare Film Company and financed by HBO Films and BBC Films, it is the fifth Shakespeare adaptation by Branagh, and the only one not to feature Branagh himself in the cast, though he has a vocal cameo towards the end of the film. The film premiered in Italy on 1 September 2006 before being released by Picturehouse in the United States on 21 August 2007 and by Lionsgate in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2007. It received mixed reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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