Love's Labour's Lost (film)

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Love's Labour's Lost
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kenneth Branagh
Written by	Kenneth Branagh
Based on	Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Produced by	David Barron Kenneth Branagh
Starring	Kenneth Branagh Nathan Lane Adrian Lester Matthew Lillard Natascha McElhone Alessandro Nivola Alicia Silverstone Timothy Spall
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Edited by	Neil Farrell
Music by	Patrick Doyle
Production companies	Miramax Films Intermedia Le Studio Canal+ Shepperton Studios The Shakespeare Film Company
Distributed by	Pathé Distribution
Release dates	17 July 2000 (2000-07-17) (Berlinale) 31 March 2000 (2000-03-31) (United Kingdom)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
Box office	$500,000 (UK/US)

Love's Labour's Lost is a 2000 British musical romantic comedy film written, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, based on the comic play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The first feature film to be made of this lesser-known comedy, Branagh's fourth film of a Shakespeare play was a box-office and critical disappointment.^[1][2]

The cast includes Shakespearean veterans such as Timothy Spall, Richard Briers and Geraldine McEwan, alongside Hollywood actors Alicia Silverstone and Matthew Lillard and Broadway and West End stars such as Nathan Lane and Jimmy Yuill.

As a result of its poor commercial performance, Miramax shelved its three-picture deal with Branagh, who subsequently returned to Shakespeare with As You Like It in 2006.