...and end up making a not-great-but-decent light comedy.
Granted, it's got what Roger Ebert would call an "idiot plot," a tangle of mistaken perceptions that would be quickly straightened out if only one of the major characters would speak up. But the actor whose character perpetrates the misunderstanding sells it with a strong performance, leading me to suspend disbelief and accept that he'd think keeping the secret is the better course of action -until it blows up in his face.
This absolutely is not Shakespeare (though, to be fair, Shakespeare was no stranger to the "idiot plot"). The major plot points are predictable. The whimsical tone sometimes comes across as forced. But I still found it engaging and entertaining enough to keep with it, simply because I enjoyed watching the actors have fun with it.
Granted, it's got what Roger Ebert would call an "idiot plot," a tangle of mistaken perceptions that would be quickly straightened out if only one of the major characters would speak up. But the actor whose character perpetrates the misunderstanding sells it with a strong performance, leading me to suspend disbelief and accept that he'd think keeping the secret is the better course of action -until it blows up in his face.
This absolutely is not Shakespeare (though, to be fair, Shakespeare was no stranger to the "idiot plot"). The major plot points are predictable. The whimsical tone sometimes comes across as forced. But I still found it engaging and entertaining enough to keep with it, simply because I enjoyed watching the actors have fun with it.