You won't be disappointed!

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Reading Shakespeare is nothing like watching Kenneth Branagh direct Shakespeare. He interprets the Bard in a way that commands your attention and allows you to have a good time doing it. I actually first viewed the 2012 version of this movie done as a modern day retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy, and I have to say, I found this work much more satisfying. It was much grander in scale and the characters came to life in a much livelier fashion. All of the principals did a fine job in their roles, and I'll go out on a limb here by saying that I enjoyed Michael Keaton's Dogberry character the most, just because he brought so much humor and wit to the role. That's not to take away from the romantic elements at the center of the story, as the principal players all turn in marvelously impassioned performances. What I wonder about is how the actors can memorize their lines of Shakespearean dialog and deliver them with such stunning ability and competence. It seems there's not a wasted phrase or moment that doesn't add clarity to the story. This is one Shakespeare inspired film I could watch again and again.

really, emma is such a great actress; and this movie was full of talent. and all of them showed that they were all beyond that Hollywood bromide that they are forced in to participate. i could watch this movie again. and again. just to figure out what don john's motive was to sabotage hero's wedding. somehow i missed that.

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well. Much Ado About Nothing is a 1993 film based upon William Shakespeare's Play and it was directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars in the film. Now i'm not a big Shakespeare fan but i did enjoy this movie although i was very much disappointed on Keanu Reeves his character and acting were very wooden and almost forgettable, Robert Sean Leonard's attempt on trying drama is laughable but his character was alright for the most part and the overall acting was good but Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson are the real bright stars of this film they basically steal every scene that they are in with their characters and their chemistry. Denzel Washington is also really good as well as always of course and Michael Keaton as Dogberry was hilarious from start to finish to bad that he is in the film for about 15 minutes tho but overall good movie i really enjoyed it it's not one of the best movies that any of these actors have participated but it's definitely not one of their worst ones. (7.4/10)

The film represented the play quite well because of how they spoke, what they wore and how they managed to include the soliloquies, if it didn't have the soliloquies it is even harder to understand. As much as I think the actors played their roles well and I think it was done well there are moments when it is hard to understand, but it may just be how they spoke back then is a difficult 'language' to understand.