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Title: Fred Astaire Meets Shakespeare
Review: Normally I am a big fan of Kenneth Branaugh, but this just had too much singing and dancing and not enough substance. Everytime it seems that a character got a little bit heartbroken or needed to let off some "girl" or "boy" trouble steam, they suddenly turned into Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers. The part where the men were flying in the air singing about love was almost too much for me to stomach.I do credit Martin Scorsese for taking a relatively experimental step with Shakespeare and making it into a jazzy 30s style movie. Many directors would not take such a chance. This is a movie that is more about fun than taking itself too seriously, and if you are the type that enjoys a good musical, this might be a fun movie to take in.I just felt it was too much musical and not enough dialogue, and by the end, I really didn't care about any of the characters.
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