As You Like It (2006)
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.
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When the filmmaker and actor’s name pops up, you likely – and fortunately, for his sake – recall the man’s respected string of Shakespeare adaptations: Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and his gargantuan Hamlet.
After Hamlet — a critical success, though not a financial one – Branagh floundered a bit, directing another Shakepeare adaptation, Love’s Labour’s Lost, then The Magic Flute, followed by yet another Shakespeare work, As You Like It.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh (Thor, As You Like It) from a script by Chris Weitz (About a Boy), this Cinderella isn’t flashy and doesn’t forge a new path, but it does have adorable mice to cheer for and a villain to hiss.
Branagh ("Henry V," "As You Like It," "Hamlet," "Othello") takes the 1950 animated Disney version that has come to define Cinderella as his starting point.
Kenneth Branagh has directed several Shakespeare adaptations, including revisionist versions of “As You Like It” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” so he’s not averse to taking artistic risks with beloved material.