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Title: Excellent film production of a classic play
Review: Not my favorite of Shakespeare's works, but solidly performed by Branagh and company. As with the play, one needs to understand the back story or you are lost with the distant relations and references to past events not shown.. Still the movie is acceptably true to Shakespeare's original script. Nuanced as a protest of the bloody unnecessary deaths caused by ridiculous unwarranted grabs for power by church and state, the movie dwells long on the battle scenes. However Emma Thompson's portrayal of the French princess is hilarious, giving the movie an overall lighter aspect than otherwise could have been.
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