Much Ado about Nothing

— What to do when your pedigree is “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, an episode of “Glee”, and “The Avengers”? Josh Whedon went for a low budget, black-and-white, modern day adaptation of “Much Ado about Nothing”, supposedly filmed at his house in Santa Monica in twelve days. It’s Shakespeare with all the iambic pentameter and a whole lot of energy for the common man. The comedy’s a little physical at times and at first I wanted a bit more subtlety, but the actors are really very good and manage to carry off their almost over-the-top performances so everything works. The audience was laughing--really, honestly laughing, more than at some other comedies I’ve seen lately. A little quirky and certainly a whole lot of fun.

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[2012. 109 min. Directed by Josh Whedon. Starring Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, and Reed Diamond.]
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