As You Like It
Kenneth Branagh adapts and directs this playful version of Shakespeare's comedy, setting the action in a time and place resembling 19th-century Japan. When Rosalind (Bryce Dallas Howard) is banished from her kingdom, she disguises herself as a boy and ventures into the forest where she hopes to devise a reunion with her beloved Orlando (David Oyelowo). Kevin Kline, Alfred Molina, Adrian Lester, Janet McTeer also star.
Year: 2006
Genre: Comedy, Shakespeare, Alice's Playhouse
Country: UK
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Alfred Molina, Brian Blessed, Janet McTeer, Kevin Kline, Richard Briers, David Oyelowo, Adrian Lester, Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai
Duration: 122 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains medium level violence.
6.3/10
Location in store: Alice's Playhouse (Shakespeare)
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