David Edelstein on Joss Whedon’s new adaptation of The Bard’s classic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing:

One word sums up my reaction to Joss Whedon’s film of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing: Huzzah!

Here is the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — and the director of The Avengers — working with American TV actors who have little or no training in verse-speaking. Who could have predicted such a team would produce the best of all filmed Shakespeare comedies?