As You Like It on DVD (2006)

A customer from London , 15/05/2008

i THOUGHT IT A SHAME THAT THIS WELL CONCIEVED PIECE - THE JAPANESE SETTING WORKS WELL IN THE BEGINNING - WAS SPOILED BY IT BEING SHOT MOSTLY IN A NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY COMPLETE WITH WELL MAINTAINED PATHS AND LITTLE FENCES ROUND PONDS AND LOTS OF BLUEBELLS! IT LOOKED LIKE A VERY LOW BUDGET STUDENT FILM AT THAT POINT AND i LOST QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF MY SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF. sOME GOOD ACTING THOUGH.

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NorleySteve from Frodsham , 21/07/2008

Very strong acting but another missed opportunity. The Japanese setting was unessassary and just odd at times. Instead of focusing on a core plotline the film constantly jumped out to random soliloquies. These might be an important part of the play when performed on stage but didn't work for me on the screen. This should have been stripped down to it's simplest form and left to let the acting tallent shine.

Worth watching for the cast but this is no 'Much Ado'.

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A customer from Stamford Lincs , 07/04/2008

as you like it( I am a afraid Ididn't}.

shakespeare plus Japan I couldn't see the connection.

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Timpson from rotherham , 09/05/2008

An excellent film; well worth watching. Don't let the Shakespeare bit put you off because this film is a comedy in the truest sense.

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Orsino from Warrington , 11/08/2008

Will someone please stop this man from doing any more Shakespeare? And Branagh for that matter! I find it very difficult to tell Branagh's recent films apart but Kline's performance makes this dull film truly unwatchable.

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