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Information
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 127 min.
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.3
- Votes *
- 2,351
- Checks
- 259
- Favs
- 5
- Dislikes
- 7
- Favs/checks
- 1.9% (1:52)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Now, I'd never seen a performance of As You Like It before, but I knew it had to hinge on Rosalind, which may well be the last of Shakespeare's great Trinity: Hamlet, Falstaff and her. Characters so well drawn, so deep and so real, that they can exist outside their home play. Bryce Dallas Howard was definitely up to the challenge and charmed me totally, though one shouldn't discount the other characters, often disparaged by critics on account of their not being worthy of Rosalind (few could!). Adrian Lester and David Oleyowo give sensitive performances as the De Boys boys, and Alfred Molina and Kevin Kline do great things with their limited clowns. The epilogue, though an outgrowth of Henry V's chorus, still managed to surprise and delight me, and is perfect for this play, this heroine. I've got to say, Kenneth Brannagh has done it again (which I wasn't sure could happen again after Love's Labour's Lost's failure). 7 years 4 months ago