Even more reviews for Much Ado About Nothing.
The New York Post says "[it's] the first filmed Shakespeare comedy in decades that's actually funny". The New York Times describes the movie as having a "has a sly, robust eroticism". The L.A. Times says "the transference of the play's setting to today's Santa Monica works beautifully". IGN.com "Everyone should see this movie". Salon.com "[it] possesses that Whedon-esque nerdy energy, fizzing with humor, eroticism, booze and more than a hint of danger". New York Daily News "an absolute delight, as merry as the day is long". Slate.com "as bracingly effervescent as picnic champagne". Variety.com "this nimble black-and-white rendition honors a classic text".
The current Metacritic score is 76 btw. And if you see any more reviews, please do post them in the comments section.
June 07 2013
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lurkolog | June 07, 06:39 CET
counti8 | June 07, 06:44 CET
Derf | June 07, 06:44 CET
DaddyCatALSO | June 07, 06:57 CET
Derf | June 07, 07:09 CET
Kaan | June 07, 07:15 CET
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/06/much-ado-about-nothing-review/
Ouch. :(
Hjermsted | June 07, 08:32 CET
The reviewer calls it "one of the sweetest and best movies ever made about Los Angeles".
Derf | June 07, 08:37 CET
And here's another review (I have never been able to make links work in the comments section, forgive me).
Shapenew | June 07, 11:07 CET
Of course it is only in a handful (literally) of theaters at the moment, but I'm hoping all this good press will help it get to more theaters in more state (like in Iowa! LOL).
embers | June 07, 11:52 CET
TenTonParasol | June 07, 14:05 CET
dottikin | June 07, 15:49 CET
embers | June 07, 18:55 CET
This line from the Wired review is illuminating re: the reviewer: "[in] Whedon’s television work [...] the dialogue-driven plot development is king, clever twists and glib lines are hard currency, and anything resembling the poetry of cinema is generally absent."
While some of this is there, Joss' work doesn't have an ironic tone... I would say that character is primary over plot in his TV work and "poetry of television" is most certainly there, quite famously so in some cases... it seems (like so much Wired writing) the reviewer prefers to pronounce from an ironic, "please me" distance.
[ edited by dgscofield on 2013-06-08 10:16 ]
dgscofield | June 08, 01:14 CET
It's one thing to disagree with a critic's opinion of the film, but going into attack mode against anyone who expresses a less-than-adulatory opinion does seem a bit Belieber-esque.
*Talking about the Wired commenters and those on a few other reviews I've seen.
BrewBunny | June 08, 10:10 CET
Sunfire | June 08, 11:14 CET
nulli_secundus | June 09, 04:58 CET