As You Like It (2006)

An average movie

“Back in the 90’s, Kenneth Branagh became one of the most promising directors. In the 2000’s, even though he continued to direct, his work as a director was barely noticed but he made an interesting come-back in 2011 with the big budget ‘Thor' and I wonder where it will lead this time. Anyway, I kept following him all this time and it was the main reason why I wanted to check this flick. It was his 4th Shakespeare adaptation but like most of his recent work, it was barely seen. There is actually much to enjoy here. Indeed, the whole thing looked pretty gorgeous with some very nice use of colors (just check the poster) and Bryce Dallas Howard never looked better. They made also an interesting choice to keep the original text which was sometimes a little hard to follow (I’m French bu” read more

The evolution of Bryce Dallas Howard (17 movies items)

"character : Rosalind "

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"Personagem: Celia "

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"as Jaques. "

Shakespeare Adaptations (94 movies items)

"One among several Shakespeare films by Kenneth Brannagh, coming from the play of the same name."

“I'm a big fan of Branagh's Shakespeare adaptations, so when I saw this in the video store I immediately picked it up. As You Like It is not one of Shakespeare's plays that I am familiar with - I've never seen nor read this play before, so didn't really know what I was in for other than the fact that it was a comedy and what it told me on the back of the DVD case. After watching it, I'm not 100% sure how I feel towards it.

On the one hand, the costumes, the setting and the cinematography were all beautiful. Plus, the acting was great - Kevin Kline is wonderful in everything I've seen him in, as is Romola Garai. Even though these two actors didn't have the largest parts in the movie, they were still the parts I enjoyed watching the most.

On the other hand, the movie as a ” read more