Reviews for this film from our members:
- Chris Barsanti @ Film Journal International
- Excerpt: Joss Whedon’s minty-fresh adaptation turns his team of quick-witted TV actors on Shakespeare’s most durable comedy and comes up a winner.
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: The DIY quality is very much part of what makes it charming, and makes it possible to agree to overlook some of the dodgier missteps of acting or staging.
- Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
- Daniel Carlson @ Pajiba
- Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: I respected this version more than I necessarily enjoyed it.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: This is a romantic comedy that truly lives up to the genre. Whedon uses his modern setting and its accoutrements as humorous grace notes to Shakespeare’s bon mots, adding classicism by rendering his digitally shot feature in black and white.
- Tom Clift @ Moviedex
- Excerpt: Whedon and Shakespeare are truly a match made in heaven. From Buffy to Firefly, The Cabin in the Woods to The Avengers, Whedon productions have always stood apart from the competition because of their entertaining character dynamics and wry, witty banter – and who writes better banter than The Bard?
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: The spotlight on the text poses a problem … in that only a few of the actors are a match for the language.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Enjoyably amusing adaptation of Shakespeare’s screwball comedy
- Peter Gutierrez @ School Library Journal
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Pure, unalloyed, rollicking cinematic joy.
- Jennie Kermode @ Eye For Film
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Brent McKnight @ Beyond Hollywood
- Nell Minow @ Chicago Sun-Times
- Excerpt: 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.
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Much ado about something.
- Jamie S. Rich @ DVD Talk
- Excerpt: To nitpick Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing is really being the worst kind of spoilsport. There is just too much to like here. Despite the usual wisdom that summertime movies are the big kind of blockbuster this filmmaker is generally known for, you’ll find no better celebration of good times and good weather than this inviting romantic comedy.
- [New – 12/23/13] | Diego Salgado @ Cine para Leer [Spanish]
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: Josh Whedon’s sophomoric attempt at swimming in Kenneth Branagh’s waters of expertise — namely adapting Shakespeare plays to film — is akin to watching a wet cat lick itself dry.
