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Much Ado About Something
Directed by
Michael Rubbo
2003
70m
[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [Mystery](/on-demand/category/mystery)
7.1
82%
5.1
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Did Christopher Marlowe write the works of Shakespeare?
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Cast of Much Ado About Something
Michael Rubbo
Himself / Director
Mark Rylance
Himself
Christopher Gordon
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Much Ado About Something Ratings & Reviews
New York Magazine/Vulture
John Leonard
Talk about your signifying nothing.
Film Scouts
Jason Gorber
This documentary traces with a giddy temperament the search for the "real" Shakespeare.
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
It's about the capacity and zeal of people who have found a cause that overwhelms their lives while making their eyes light up with joy. We should all have such passion.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Has enough wit, energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side, but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they're not interested.
San Francisco Examiner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film's short 90 minutes.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
All right, it's far-fetched. But it's fun to think about, and Rubbo makes a merry case. Will the real Bard of Avon please stand up?
Film Journal International
Maria Garcia
Icon-bashing has never been as amusing as it is in Michael Rubbo's documentary Much Ado About Something.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Granted, much of the Marlovian argument is patently ridiculous (was Ben Johnson really part of a massive cover-up?) but it's good fun.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
An entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the Bard's immortal plays were written by somebody else.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
A fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote Shakespeare's plays.
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
...an inviting piece of film.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Rubbo's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-Shakespeare controversy.
Filmcritic.com
Jeremiah Kipp
While there's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans (as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo's dumbed-down tactics), Much Ado About Something is an amicable endeavor.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
The material couldn't possibly be more engaging, the implications of a "by Marlowe" verdict positively earth-shattering.
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