Much Ado About Nothing The most beautiful film by Branagh. I like him (almost) only when he adapts Shakespeare like a good student, but this one in particular, given the comedy it takes up, light and breezy, is more successful and enjoyable compared to the monumental and ambitious adaptation of the complete Hamlet a few years later (which is beautiful as well, in my opinion, anyway). This film is awesome and Emma Thompson rules, paired with Branagh, two geniuses.