As You Like It

Sep 1, 2006

2h 7m

★ 5.7

Romance...or something like it.

Overview

Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Shakespeare Film Company

HBO Films

BBC Film

As You Like It Trailers

Cast

Celia

Romola Garai

Jaques

Kevin Kline

Rosalind

Bryce Dallas Howard

Oliver De Boys

Adrian Lester

Audrey

Janet McTeer

Touchstone

Alfred Molina

Orlando De Boys

David Oyelowo

Corin

Jimmy Yuill

Duke Senior/Duke Frederick

Brian Blessed

Adam

Richard Briers

Geisha

Takuya Shimada

Le Beau

Richard Clifford

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