"A fantastic adaption that manages to stay true to Shakespeare's writing while adding some fantastic visual choices from Joss Whedon. His sense of humor shines through without ever taking away from a great source material. It goes to show the Whedon knows a lot of supremely talented actors and knows how to use them. The cast is fantastic and perfectly cast in their rolls. It also features the most engaging portrayals of Claudio and Hero I've ever seen. Finally, an adaptation that actually allows "
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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.
I love Joss Whedon's work and this was no exception. It was refreshing to see several of Whedon's choice actors from his different productions including Sean Maher and Nathan Fillion who had starring roles in Firefly and Serenity, Amy Acker from Angel, Tom Lenk and Alexis Denisof from the Buffyverse, Fran Kranz from Cabin in the Woods, and Ashley Johnson and Clark "