kenneth branagh attempt to turn william shakspeare obscure and rarely produced comedy into a 1930s era musical and with the result be both bad shakespeare and bad musical comedy a the actor be rarely adept at one or the other of the two style and in some case flounder badly in both . particularly painful be nathan lane and who seem to be under the impression that he be absolutely hysterical a costard but be badly mistake and and alicia silverstone who handle the shakespearean language with all the authority of a teenaged valley girl who be read the script aloud in her middle school english class . the musical number be stag with the expertise of a high school production of dame at sea and leave the cast look awkward and amateurish while sing and dance and with the lone exception be adrian lester who prove himself a splendid song and dance man . the only other save grace of the film be natascha mcelhone and emily mortimer contribution a eye candy and but they have give far well performance than in this film and you would be wise to check out some of the other title in their filmographies and give this witless mess a pas .