Shakespeare In Love (DVD)

Having a few recent conversations it strikes me that 1998's Shakespeare In Love is an incredibly misunderstood movie, furthermore those that are in the category "misunderstood" have some serious wrong views of exactly what Shakespeare In Love is about, many believe it is a straight laced romance. From first viewing 8 years ago it has become one of my favourite movies; a great romance, an epic tale, a intriguing romance, and last but not least a hysterical sense of humour. The owner of the Rose theatre Henslow (Geoffrey Rush) is in severe dire straits financially, owing money to everyone it seems. But Fennyyman (Tom Wilkinson) for whom he is most in debt ...  Read the complete review

Shakespear In Love is the 1998 film directed by John Madden, and with an all star cast bringing a fictional take on the creation of Shakespeare's epic Romeo and Juliet. The Plot Will Shakespeare is an up and coming writer who is having a mind block. He needs a muse to help him finish his tale, entitled 'Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter'. He finds one in the form of Lady Viola, but unfortunately Queen Victoria has decided that Violoa is to be married to Lord Wessex, an agonisingly annoying noble. Viola wants nothing more than to act on stage, and will go to any lengths to do so, even though only men are cast, inlcudiong the women's ...  Read the complete review

I had to watch this movie for a university assignment and I kept putting it off, thinking that it would be just another boring Shakespearean movie. I simply adore William Shakespeare and it really pains me to see awful amateur movies being made of his life and works- but when I finally watched this film, I was really stunned and bowled over by the amazing directional techniques and vivid imagination in Shakespeare in Love. Joseph Fiennes is amazing as Shakespeare and I believe that he got the looks and talent to represent the legendary poet on screen. The cast was refreshing and at ease with their roles and the storyline was itself amazingly wonderful, leaving a lot to ...  Read the complete review

Another Sunday on my own has rolled around (husband on a stag do in the Peak District) so it's time for another girly film review. Sorry men! I am realising that my taste in film may be coming across as a little shallow, but in 1998 everyone fell in love with "Shakespeare in Love" which went home from the Oscars with 7 awards including Best Picture. A decade later, does it still hold up? THE PREMISE Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) has written a couple of plays, but is no match for the brilliance of the playwright of the day, Christopher Marlowe (Rupert Everett) and still a player for hire who dreams of greater things. Something of a ...  Read the complete review

Shakespeare in Love (1998) A film directed by John Madden. Starring: Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps Colin Firth as Lord Wessex Ben Affleck as Ned Alleyn Shakespeare in Love is a true genius of a film - it takes someone we know a great deal about in the sense of his writing, and turns a whole spectacular tale around him about his muse, his inspiration, his reasons for writing. These, of course, being things we shall never know, as we will never have the chance to ask Mr William Shakespeare why exactly he wrote Romeo and Juliet, or the Taming of The Shrew. Set in ...  Read the complete review