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Misha Berson, Seattle Times: With all the cutesy-pie self-consciousness on display, the fizz goes off the pink champagne awfully quickly. Read more
David Germain, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Maybe Kenneth Branagh should have left the Hollywood musical where he found it, back in the 1930s. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Worst of all perhaps is Lost's smug air of pleasure at how clever it thinks it's being. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Each player ends up performing in a different play. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: The froth quickly curdles. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Even though Love's Labour's Lost is, in showbiz terms, a turkey stuffed with chestnuts, you wouldn't trade it for a pot of gold. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Flaws (most of which are minor) aside, Love's Labour's Lost is an enjoyable trifle. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's so escapist it escapes even from itself. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Love's Labour's Lost is a stink bomb of a movie. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: A double travesty -- a triple one, actually, if you consider the quality of the singing and dancing. Read more