Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare in Love shouldve really won the "worse movie of the year" award. The film is boring, uninteresting, have a predictable plotline and full of cliches. In the group fight in the middle of the film, why nobody was hurt when everyone was fighting with real weapon is beyond my knowledge. Somehow that part of the film reminds me of Teletubbies or Sasame Streets for some odd reason. Typical romantic comedy. Avoid.

I tried rewatching "Shakespeare in Love" for the first time in many years but once again found it disappointing. I don't know what people find so great about this film, it just doesn't work for me. I could hardly get through it. It is listless and ambling with no real payoff or merit. There are a few vulgar scenes as well. I also found the camerawork poor and hindering as the camera always seemed to be moving in circles and having objects or persons passing in front interrupting the image. And I found the character development and plot lacking, so I did not really care about the central romance. In summary, not a film that I would recommend. I give it 3/10 stars.

This movie won 7 Oscars for some reason. I think this can be attributed to the awards campaign led by Harvey Weinstein but I suppose it isn't the worst thing he's done.

This was awful and awfully tedious. The proper luvvie type of theatre experience. Taking the most famous English writer and turning his life story into a simple romantic comedy. As for Paltrow's casting, I have no idea what they were thinking. Nothing worked here for me.

Shakespeare In Love is, in my opinion, one of the best movies of the '90s, and entirely deserving of its awards. While less than serious and certainly less than faithful to history, it is conscious of being a comical take on the myth of Shakespeare's personal life, and scores points for sheer delight in the execution. All the cast is excellent, incl. Ben Affleck. Gwyneth Paltrow, who never struck me as a very interesting actress, rises with this excellent material and delivers the best performance of her career, quite on par with, say, Imogen Stubbs' portrayal of Viola in Trevor Nunn's near-perfect Twelfth Night (1996). Shakespeare In Love is a marvelously clever and literary feel-good movie that can be watched again many times. The only thing I'm not thrilled with is the simplistic, even annoying, soundtrack theme which is played over and over throughout the movie. 10 out of 10.

Scene after scene engages us as cheerful groundlings, tosses us jokes, toys with our expectations, then sweeps away the boundaries between film and stage, comedy and tragedy so we're open to the power of language and the feelings behind it.

By no means an acurate portrayal, how could it be? Does anyone REALLY know what happened then? Definitely a delightful enactment where He meets HIS Juilette and the game is on. Complete with balcony scenes, the great Judy Dench as Queen Elizabeth and a myriad host of todays brightest actors. The script is fun & lively, well acted & moves along in good measure. It is comical, heart warming and good clean fun. I watch it frequently.

When my English teacher told the class that we would be watching "Shakespeare in Love" everyone groaned, me included. We all thought it would be another boring movie, but I along with many others was pleasantly surprised. Even though the movie didn't portray the actual life of William Shakespeare, it is a very interesting interpretation of what his life might have been like. Normally I am not a big fan of Gwenyth Paltrow, but she fulfilled the role of Viola De Lesseps very well. This movie, unlike many others I have been forced to watch in school, has not been a waste of time and has informed us more about the concepts and details that could not be seen just by reading the play. Overall I think I have gained a better understanding of Romeo and Juliet by watching "Shakespeare in Love".

Every year the Academy gets worse taste. The movie was laughably boring, with no redeeming qualities. Entire family sat around laughing at it. Do not see why people said that it brought back the magic to Hollywood, when it was a story that anyone with a basic knowledge of Shakespeare could have written.

William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), pre-fame, is a struggling writer searching for inspiration. He finds it in the beautiful Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow). They quickly fall in love, but there are complications... Funny, clever comedy. Some great lines and skits plus the writers cleverly weave the actual history of Shakespeare and his works into the plot. Makes for a highly engaging, intellectually stimulating and entertaining movie. Also has a lightness and freshness to it that carries the movie along wonderfully. Won the 1999 Best Picture Oscar, beating out four brilliant movies - Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, Elizabeth and Life is Beautiful.