Much Ado About Nothing

United States

2012

107 Min

Color, Black and White

English

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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PROD Joss Whedon, Kai Cole, Daniel S. Kaminsky

SCR Joss Whedon, William Shakespeare

CAST Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Clark Gregg, Sean Maher, Fran Kranz, Riki Lindhome, Tom Lenk, Reed Diamond, Ashley Johnson

PROD DES Cindy Chao, Michele Yu

SOUND Nathan Whitcomb

Toronto (Special Presentations), SXSW (Narrative Spotlight), San Francisco (World Cinema), CPH PIX (Pix Specials)

Synopsis

Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a “merry war”; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. By means of “noting” (which sounds the same as “nothing,” and which is gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar. However, Dogberry, a Constable who is a master of malapropisms, discovers the evil trickery of the villain, Don John.

Director

Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill “Joss” Whedon (born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, occasional composer and actor, and founder of Mutant Enemy Productions. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Angel (1999–2004), Firefly (2002) and Dollhouse (2009–2010). He is also notable for his work in film, comic books, and online media. Many of Whedon’s projects, as well as Whedon himself, enjoy a cult status. –wikipedia

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Film Aficionerdo

13Jun13

Simple and sweet as fine candy. If you're looking for a swanky party, I'd attend this over Jay Gatsby's.

Harry Rossi

7Jun13

Based off of the trailer, I didn't think this would work very well but I was pleasantly surprised! The actors all did an amazing job with the dialogue, making it feel very natural. You can tell Whedon really cared and understood the subject matter and just how funny the play can be. The full theater I was in was just howling with laughter. It took a moment for the style to settle but once it did, it was glorious.

tina noland

4Jun13

Surprisingly good.

The Future Mr. Gittes

30Apr13

The actors are thoroughly committed to Shakespeare's dialogue, but it still feels like a gimmick. It worked in Luhrmann's modernized Romeo + Juliet because the world those characters inhabited was notably stylized, whereas Whedon just sets the story in real-world SoCal (precisely, his house). Moreover, this is one of the Bard's slightest works. Competently made and good balancing of constant tonal shifts, but meh.