Title: For those of us who don't live for Shakespear
Review: The goal of this review is to say a few words about the movie (MSND) for those people who don't live for the latest adaptation of a Shakespearean play. My wife and I made it through 10 minutes of this DVD before we had to shut if off. This just isn't how we want to spend our "down time" on a Friday evening. I needed subtitles just to keep up with the dialog. We definitely were drawn to the MSND by the cast, all of whom had made movies we really enjoyed, but this movie belongs in an acting class (if you really believe great actors need to perform Shakespeare). Now we aren't complete snobs about these types of movies. We really enjoyed Mel Gibson's Hamlet, but I felt like I was back in high school while watching a MSND, trying to find the relevance of being exposed to this material. Maybe it gets better as it goes on, but unless you're prepared to take notes and rewind to catch the dialog, I'd pass unless you're a real Shakespeare buff.
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