Full of "sparkling merriment" (The Hollywood Reporter), this sexy, sunny comedy positively sizzles as one set of lovers battles against a dirty trick, and another set simply battleseach other! Adapted by Oscar® nominee* Kenneth Branagh and featuring an all-star cast, this charming romp "casts the battle of the sexes in the form of an elegant dance" (The New York Times). A military war has just ended, but the "merry war" between Beatrice (Emma Thompson) and Benedick (Branagh) rages on! Can their friends trick them into making love instead? For that matter, can another couple's devotion survive the evil Don John's (Keanu Reeves) vicious lies? It's up to the blundering constable (Michael Keaton) to save the day so that the course of true love may yet run smooth!
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh
Michael Keaton
Keanu Reeves
Kate Beckinsale
Robert Sean Leonard
Imelda Staunton
Jimmy Yuill
Emma Thompson
Denzel Washington
Studio: MGM, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Filmed: 1993 - Released: 1993
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