Kenneth Branagh's version of "Much Ado About Nothing" is so much fun and extremely accessible. His Benedick and Emma Thompson's Beatrice are funny and fabulous. The scene in which the two acknowledge their love for one another, capped by his spree in a fountain and her on a swing, is the best in the film. Thompson is also very moving in the scene right after Claudio rejects Hero at the wedding ('God! That I were a man!'--sorry if I didn't quote it correctly).
Denzel Washington is also very good, as is most of the cast. Robert Sean Leonard is a little on the whiny side, but, then, so is the character of Claudio. Gotta love Keanu for trying.
My heart broke when Kenneth and Emma split up, but I am grateful that I can forever watch them together in this joyous movie.
Denzel Washington is also very good, as is most of the cast. Robert Sean Leonard is a little on the whiny side, but, then, so is the character of Claudio. Gotta love Keanu for trying.
My heart broke when Kenneth and Emma split up, but I am grateful that I can forever watch them together in this joyous movie.