The film is beautifully shot, however, and whedon clearly enjoyed taking his time with each setup after going whole hog with explosions and framebyframe blows in the avengers. Shakespeares classic comedy is given a contemporary spin in joss whedons film. Watching amy acker and alexis denisof battle it out, in words and in a near wrestling match near the end of the film, is a supreme pleasure. Joss whedons adaptation of much ado about nothing draws out the essential screwball nature of shakespeares comedy. Shot in just 12 days and using the original text, the story of sparring. Joss whedon firmly places much ado about nothing in the screwball tradition where it belongs. It was shown at the new zealand international film festival in july 20. Joss whedons adaptation of much ado about nothing perhaps the liveliest and most purely delightful movie i have seen so far this year draws out the essential. Much ado about nothing is a 2012 black and white american romantic comedy film adapted for the screen, produced, and directed by joss whedon, from william shakespeares play of the same name. Much ado about nothing, directed by joss whedon the. Much ado about nothing official trailer hd joss whedon. We do not have many films on which to judge joss whedon as a filmmaker. Much ado about nothing, directed by joss whedon the new.
Sharmill films distributed the film to australian theaters. Much ado about nothing premiered at the 2012 toronto international film festival, and is set to have its theatrical release on june 7, 20. Any romcom we see today is haunted by the arguing defensive lovemad ghosts of beatrice and benedick, the reluctant, verbalbarbtrading lovers. Sean maher in much ado about nothing 2012 nathan fillion and tom lenk in much ado about nothing 2012 tom lenk at an event for much. Much ado about nothing, which opens in theaters today. Joss whedons much ado about nothing isnt much of anything at. Movie info shakespeares classic comedy is given a contemporary spin in joss whedons film, much ado about nothing. Much ado about nothing 20 young lovers hero and claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles benedick and beatrice to wed as well.
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