Much Ado About Nothing

2012
PG-13
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

17K

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Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof in Much Ado About Nothing (2012)

A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

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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.A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

Director
- Joss Whedon
Writers
- William Shakespeare
- Joss Whedon
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

17K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Joss Whedon
Writers
- William Shakespeare
- Joss Whedon
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations total

Videos4

Trailer 1:41

International Version

Trailer 1:43

Theatrical Version

Trailer 1:43

Theatrical Version

Clip 1:25

Much Ado About Nothing: Dance (Spanish Subtitled)

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Much Ado About Nothing: I Am An Ass

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Trivia
This movie was filmed at Joss Whedon's Santa Monica home, which was designed and decorated by Whedon's wife Kai Cole. Cole suggested Whedon make it in lieu of going on vacation for their 20th anniversary because it had long been his passion project.

Goofs
It is Ursula & Hero whom are 'meddling' (talking about Benedick's love for Beatrice as she eavesdrops). In the following scene, Claudio relays to Don Pedro that it was Margaret & Hero that were meddling.

Quotes
Dogberry: Well , masters good night.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Episode #10.21 (2013)

Soundtracks
Sigh No More
Lyrics by William Shakespeare
Music by Joss Whedon
Performed by Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Nicely done transposition

Much Ado About Nothing by Joss Whedon is the latest adaptation of the Shakespeare's comedy.

The good. Excellent ideas. Very funny settings and actions. Nice choice of actors. With visual, it's always possible to add non spoken actions to original dialogs and Whedon made some clever extensions. Great photography.

The actors. My favorite performance were by Nathan Fillion, Sean Maher, and Tom Lenk, although I came to appreciate those of Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof a lot.

The bad. The concept of war as spoken in the piece doesn't translate well in modern time.

The ugly. Nothing.

The result. Solid entertainment for those who like modern transposition of Shakespeare's work, A must for any Whedon fan.