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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: Okay, and why is Joseph Fiennes not nominated? Sheesh! Gwyneth was good, but let's face it, Joe is great as well. The realities of arranged marriage interfere with the greatest love Will and Viola have known, and yet the ending leaves you smiling. Judi rocks, too!
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Summary: Whatever!
Review: I totally agree with the viewer from Phoenix, AZ. We rented this movie to see what all the fuss was about and we couldn't get into it. The acting was horrible and the accent on Gweneth was much to forced and foolish sounding. I can't understand how she won the best actress Oscar for that year and how the movie was best movie of the year. If you want to see a movie that is well worth watching for a couple hours, Life is Beautiful. That movie should have won the Oscar for movie of the year. After about an hour of torture, we had to turn the movie off because it was just so bad.
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Summary: Could be a lost piece of Shakespeare's work
Review: If you haven't read any of Shakespeare's plays, "Shakespeare in Love" is likely turn you into Shakespeare buff. If you are already one, you will enjoy it even more. The movie tells us how William Shakespeare was inspired by the muse Gwyneth Paltrow to write his classic "Romeo and Juliet". From the beginning to the end, the film is a sheer delight. It is extremely funny, especially if you know the text of "Romeo" since some of it is used in the screenplay. Director John Madden has managed to gather an outstanding ensemble cast whose standout is Geoffrey Rush. Paltrow does a fine job, but she she wasn't the best actress of the year 1998. This honor goes to Cate Blanchet. "Shakespeare in Love" shows us that films about historical persons needn't be dull. It might not be on par with Milos Foreman's "Amadeus", but it is nonetheless one of the best of its kind.
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Summary: Forsooth, it doth give love a bad name
Review: Am I the only person in the world who found this movie less than enthralling/endearing! Perhaps Miramax, as part of its astounding marketing blitz, turned everyone else into pod people and only I am left to sound the alarm? Although I tend to be a purist when it comes to films of Shakespeare's plays, I'm not utterly closed minded. But this "romp" was too cutesy by far. Fiennes was pallid, Dench and others were wasted, and Paltrow ... argh!: the start of the appalling Gwynethmania of the last couple of years (although I liked her in "Sliding Doors"). . . . much ado about nothing, if I may coin a phrase.
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Summary: A guy's chick flick
Review: This is a great compromise movie, a chick flick that a guy can love. I found this to be a very funny story, with one of the best Shakespeare's that has ever or will ever play the part. I really enjoyed all of the cast, especially Ben Affleck, who didn't show up much, but was a great small part of what made this a fun movie. I still don't know about the Oscar thing for the Queen, she looked good, but that's makeup and costume, not acting. If you need a movie that will appeal to anyone, here it is.
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Summary: What can I say?
Review: This is the most touching movie I've ever seen! If you loved the movie that the romance is so intense that you have butterflies in your stomach and that you feel like crying this is a movie for YOU! It explain how Williwm Shakespeare wrote his play Romeo & Juliette inspirered by the woman of his dreams Viola. This movie is a great movie for those who loves passion and it's mysteries. P.S. Those who usually cries at the end of movies, you will be served!
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Summary: Hardly just for Shakespeare lovers ...
Review: Amazing film -- not too many can pull off the neat trick of working on several levels at once. The more you know about Shakespeare, the more of the jokes you will get -- but no knowledge of the Bard is needed to enjoy this intelligent, original take on a timeworn genre. Dazzling costumes and art direction, an authentic period feel -- yet the filmmakers manage to make it all seem very contemporary and relevant to today's audiences. As I said, a very neat and rare trick to pull off correctly, and the team for this film went far beyond the merely correct. Simply put, a classic that will only improve with age. Outstanding score, too -- check it out in the Soundtracks section.
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Summary: No where near an Oscar Winner
Review: This movie in no way deserved the Oscar for best picture. Yes, it was pretty to look at, but I found the story somewhat lacking. The relationship between Fiennes and Paltrow seemed unbelievable, and did not tug on my heartstrings the way "Romeo and Juliet" does. Perhaps I am the only one who cannot stand Paltrow's English accent, but I couldn't stand hearing her speak through out the entire film. Dame Judy Dench's performance was memorable, yet did not warrent her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as Queen Elizabeth. (She is only on screen for maybe five minutes, total) I'd recomend the movie, Elizabeth, over SIL anyday. Both the film, and Cate Blanchette out-perform Shakespeare in Love by leaps and bounds.
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Summary: Being there and the movie lived on and on and on
Review: The moivie was so much better than I ever dreamed. It passed the test for good art. And in accord with classical tradition, a real catharsis takes place in the reader (viewer) . I was so into this movied that I sobbed for a long time at its conclusion. The cast was very good, the sets so real ,I really thought and felt I was right in there. It seemed that the bard himself had writen the play(movie).
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Summary: This one of the Best Romantic Comedy, you will Remember.
Review: I recently bought the film on a Collector`s Series from Miramax Films. You got good extras on this film-Alternate Ending, Two Another Deleted Scenes, Benind The Scenes and Two Different Commentary Tracks and Extras Also. This film Directed by John Madden(Mrs. Brown) is well done on the romance, comedy and drama.Great Screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard(Empire of the Sun) win for Best Original Screenplay. Also win Gwyneth Paltrow(Se7en) of Best Actress, she does gives an Beautiful Performannce as Viola De Lesseps. Joseph Finnes(Elizabeth) Brother of Ralph Finnes who didn`t get nominated for Best Actor. Tom Wilkinson(The Full Monty, Rush Hour), He Plays-Hugh Fennyman. Geoffrey Rush(Shine, Mystery Man, The Remake of House On Haunted Hill) as Philip Henslowe. Ben Affleck(Armageddon, Good Will Hunting). Two Another Actors in Bond Films.), she win for Best Supporting Actress for a 8 minute role as Queen Elizabeth and Unbilled-Rupert Everett(My Best Friend`s Wedding). This one of the best production from Miramax Films, Co-Produced with Universal Studios, then the film become Critially Praise film and it also become a Blockbuster,one of the Biggest Hits of 1998. Grade:A-. Super 35.
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