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Much Ado About Nothing
Directed by
Joss Whedon
PG-13
2013
1h 48m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
and more
7.0
86%
77%
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A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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Cast of Much Ado About Nothing
Amy Acker
Beatrice
Alexis Denisof
Benedick
Nathan Fillion
Dogberry
Clark Gregg
Leonato
Reed Diamond
Don Pedro
Fran Kranz
Claudio
Jillian Morgese
Hero
Sean Maher
Don John
Spencer Treat Clark
Borachio
Riki Lindhome
Conrade
Ashley Johnson
Margaret
Emma Bates
Ursula
Tom Lenk
Verges
Nick Kocher
First Watchman
Brian McElhaney
Second Watchman
Joshua Zar
Leonato's Aide
Paul M. Meston
Friar Francis
Romy Rosemont
The Sexton
Elsa Guillett-Chapuis
The Photographer
Sabrina Hill
Additional Cast
Chris English
Additional Cast
Joss Whedon
Director / Writer / Producer
William Shakespeare
Writer
Kai Cole
Producer
Much Ado About Nothing Ratings & Reviews
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
Loose, enjoyable, and sparkling, it's a movie that lives for the sound of clinking wine glasses and snappy patter.
Film Comment Magazine
Geoffrey O'Brien
But it is the dark side of Much Ado-everything associated with the smearing of Hero's reputation and her lover Claudio's savage rejection of her-that emerges most forcefully here
Yahoo! Movies
Thelma Adams
More familiar than fresh, but no less amusing. Whedon uses Shakespeare to remind audiences that the problems that existed in the seventeenth century remain relevant and embedded in the human heart.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Much Ado About Nothing is a delightfully spirited romp, filled with visual splendor, strong performances and flashes of post-modern absurdity.
The Dissolve
Keith Phipps
It's a boozy, lusty, all-night party interpretation of Shakespeare that ultimately casts frivolity aside for a disarmingly moving finale.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
The movie swings along, with a grace denied to some of Whedon's grander projects ...
Chicago Sun-Times
Sheila O'Malley
The magic holds. It holds from beginning to end.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
This fast and loose independent production is enjoyable as a home movie, but not much more.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
As in many of Shakespeare's comedies, dark moments mark the dramatic action midway through Much Ado About Nothing. But Whedon brings the proceedings back to boisterous life in the last act.
Detroit News
Tom Long
A delightful mix of the modern and the Elizabethan, a sort of do-it-yourself re-imagination of a true comic classic.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
There's no fire, and where their lines should ricochet with wit, they just spill forth, affably.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Whedon finds unexpected meaning in this famously saucy "skirmish of wit," the opposites-attract story upon which myriad modern-day rom-coms have sprung.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
No matter what movie or television show he is making, Whedon is a master of wit, of clever wordplay that doesn't just entertain but crackles with knowing energy.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Though Whedon's trimmed the play down, to make it an appropriate movie length, he's kept the dialogue intact, and the pleasure the cast gets in saying the lines is palpable.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Won't please every fan of the Bard (or "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), but ... could inspire a debate as lively as the play itself.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Finally! A romantic comedy that works.
HollywoodChicago.com
Brian Tallerico
It's a smart, clever diversion in a season dominated by loud blockbusters and CGI extravaganzas. It makes one wish Whedon would get his friends together more often.
Chicago Sun-Times
Nell Minow
Joss Whedon's take on Shakespeare's classic tale is swanky, sexy and sophisticated, as bracing as a dry martini poured from a silver shaker on a summer night.
Newsday
John Anderson
Everyone acquits him or herself charmingly, and with a deep appreciation for why Shakespeare travels well, and in defiance of those who would dismiss him as dusty. The fact is, he's writing about us. It's as simple as that, and Whedon well knows it.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
This spirited rendition of the Bard's comedy of sexual misadventures manages to reach across the centuries by using a modern setting but never commenting on it.
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