Love's Labour's Lost is a 2000 British musical romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Kenneth Branagh. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s early comic play of the same name and marks the first feature-length film version of this lesser-known work. The ensemble cast features a mix of Shakespearean veterans, including Timothy Spall, Richard Briers, and Geraldine McEwan, as well as Hollywood actors Alicia Silverstone and Matthew Lillard, and stage performers such as Nathan Lane and Jimmy Yuill.