spoiler all too often and hollywood shakespeare adaptation entertain piece of cinema . beautifully shot they be well perform and faithful to the text . film include branagh henry v and 1993 much ado about nothing be powerful piece of work . watch love labour lose therefore and it such a huge disappointment for expectation to be so hideously throw to waste . sadly love labour lost be awful . the king of navarre ( alessandro nivola ) and his friend have forsake drink and woman for three year to focus on their study . plan begin to fall apart however when the enigmatic princess of france ( alicia silverstone ) and her entourage arrive . soon love be in the air and philosophy be off the prince mind . from the start and you realise that this film be not quite shakespeare . cleverly relocate into a 1930s musical by ken branagh and the plot be still there and the script remain and but now it have be sacrifice in favour of dire musical taste . classic like the way you look tonight and let face the music and dance and i be in heaven be all destroy by weak singing and a strong feel that they just do not belong here . aside from weak singing and we be also treat to an increasingly large number of awkward performance by regular star . ken branagh and friend might enjoy make this film and but they provide u with a stomach turn collection of role . the main eight actor ( four men and four woman ) be all equally dire and and the only positive on their behalf be a vast improvement on the truly dreadful timothy spall . in fact and only one individual leave the film worthy of any praise and that the consistently magnificent nathan lane . lane have prove over the year that he be a comedy genius and in this feature he once again add an air of humour to the jester costard . there little else to be say really . love labour lose deserves mild praise for branagh original take on an old tale . unfortunately though and that where the positive end . weakly act and perform and sang and construct and love labour lost be perhaps the weak shakespeare adaptation of the last forty year . it should be avoid like the plague and should never have be make . a poor and disappointing choice by branagh and here hop his next effort be well .