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Poll: Face-Off: Branagh, Olivier, Welles, and Hitchcock

When Roger Ebert reviewed the 1991 film, Dead Again, in which Kenneth Branagh starred and also directed, Ebert posited that "if Henry V, the first film [Branagh] directed and starred in, caused people to compare him to Olivier, Dead Again will inspire comparisons to Welles and Hitchcock — and the Olivier of Hitchcock's Rebecca." With which claim do you agree the most?

After voting, discuss here.

Results of 149 votes:

  1. 1.

    Kenneth Branagh in Dead Again (1991)

     
    I like and respect Branagh's work but don't find any of these particular comparisons accurate.
  2. 2.

    Kenneth Branagh in Henry V (1989)

     
    In 'Henry V,' Branagh is comparable to Laurence Olivier.
  3. 3.

    Kenneth Branagh and Natascha McElhone in Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

     
    I've never understood what's so great about Branagh.
  4. 4.

    Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in Dead Again (1991)

     
    As the director of 'Dead Again,' Branagh is comparable to Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock.
  5. 5.

    Kenneth Branagh in Dead Again (1991)

     
    In 'Dead Again,' the actor Branagh is comparable to Olivier in Hitchcock's 'Rebecca.'

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