Characters in As You Like It of loyal men, including Lord Amiens and Jaques. We have the sense that Senior did not put up much of a fight to keep his dukedom, for he seems to make the most of whatever life gives him. Content in the forest, where he claims to learn as much from stones and brooks as he would in a church or library, Duke Senior proves himself to be a kind and fair-minded ruler. She is a nice lady that gets banished to the forest of Arden by her uncle - the same forest her father was banished to. Rosalind - The
As You Like It (2006 film) 36% of 14 surveyed critics gave it a positive review; the average rating is 4.7/10. Another aggregator, Metacritic, rated it 75/100 based on 15 reviews. Philip French of "The Observer" called it less successful than Branagh's previous Shakespeare adaptations. Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" rated it 3/5 stars and wrote that it "deserves a look". Anthony Quinn of "The Independent" rated it 1/5 stars and wrote, "[T]he only way you could make the spiralling absurdities of As You Like It work would be to transform it into a fast-paced comedy". Many American critics called the film a "comeback" for Branagh's