Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)/YMMV

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These things about Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.

  • Narm. The wedding scene could be the page image. Also, Kenneth Branagh, when he's not making the audience and Beatrice Squee with his declarations of love.
  • Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?: Branagh did a good deal to avert this by trimming out most of Claudio's more unsavoury lines, giving him a clear view of "Hero" and Borachio, showing his genuine remorse and subsequent atonement, and casting him as a baby-faced Robert Sean Leonard. It half-worked.
  • What the Hell, Casting Agency?: Exactly why did Keanu Reaves and Denzel Washington play Don John and Don Pedro, who are, in fact, brothers? (Well, half-brothers...)
    • (I'm not sure if this is completely right, since it's what I remember from something my teacher said.) Long ago, when someone wanted to indicate in theatre that a character was a bastard, they did so by casting actors with different skin colours as siblings. I guess it's a nod to the way it used to be played.
  • Ear Worm: "Sigh No More" (AKA "Hey Nonny Nonny") is good for this.
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