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Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Comedy · 2013

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

Movie details

Much Ado About Nothing

“Shakespeare knew how to throw a party.”

2013 Comedy 1h 49m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

17.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

87 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

78 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Joss Whedon

Written by

Joss Whedon

Amy Acker

Amy Acker

Beatrice

Alexis Denisof

Alexis Denisof

Benedick

Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion

Dogberry

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg

Leonato

Reed Diamond

Reed Diamond

Don Pedro

Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz

Claudio

Jillian Morgese

Jillian Morgese

Hero

Court is in session

Put Much Ado About Nothing on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.