Much Ado About Nothing

(1993)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 836 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Year: 1993

Runtime: 111 min

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Кеннет Брана

Cast: Эмма Томпсон, Кеннет Брана, Кейт Бекинсейл, Дензел Вашингтон, Майкл Китон

Plot

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

Young lovers, Hero (Kate Beckinsale) and Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard), are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro (Denzel Washington) to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick (Sir Kenneth Branagh), an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice (Dame Emma Thompson), his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon (Keanu Reeves) conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. In the end though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing."