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Love's Labour's Lost

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    A noble experiment that didn't quite work out.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 13 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    An admirably diverse cast.
  • Violence:

    Newsreel footage of World War II includes some combat and shows captives behind barbed wire.
  • Sex:

    A sexy dance scene played in masks includes a man running his tongue over a woman?s d飯lletage. Some sexual puns, though they will likely go undetected.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Brief drug reference.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Love's Labour's Lost

Parents need to know that a sexy dance scene played in masks includes a man running his tongue over a woman's decolletage. There are some sexual puns, though they will likely go undetected.

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  • Families can talk about how this adaptation compares with other movies based on Shakespearean classics. Does the movie's more contemporary setting work well with the Bard's language, or do they contrast too much? What makes something a good adaptation?

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  1. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in West Virginia
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 4.0

  2. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 5.0

    Shakespeare Modernized The RIGHT Way. Kenneth Branagh Is THE GREATEST.

    When I was forced to watch the ill-titled "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, I thought, " 'West Side Story' did a better job. I've already seen Kenneth Branagh's 'Henry V,' 'Dead Again,' 'Much Ado About Nothing,' 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein' and 'Hamlet.' I LOVED all those so I'll give this one a shot." I did and I don't regret it. I admit, when I read the play, I couldn't concieve of a time in which the play should be set. Kenneth Branagh proved his mastery of Shakespeare once again, which is rivalled only by the great Sir Laurence Olivier. I have only one note of caution. There is a suggestive dance sequence, but contains no nudity. Wit that warning, I leave it up to the discretion of parents to decide the film's suitability for kids. Not Rated.

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