[seagullriffic]

This is great, thanks. For anyone who might take a recommendation, the 1993 "Much Ado" is, indeed, excellent. It's a play filled with joie de vivre and the movie reflects that. Featuring an unexpected Don John. Then the 2012 Much Ado is one of the better things Joss Whedon did.

[bawolff]

Whedon's much ado is what got me interested in shakespeare as an adult. I liked how it let the funny parts still be funny but the dramatic parts were allowed to be serious and not played for a laugh.