Marketic
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Onlinewsma
Absolutely Brilliant!
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Josephina
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
FountainPen
"sofyarozy89" gave this film 9/10. Suspicious as usual, I checked this person's review history and found that he/she has reviewed ~~ you guessed it!! ~~ ONLY this ONE movie. Therefore, be on your guard against 8/10, 9/10, and 10/10 for ANY movie !
This picture is OK, nothing special, slow at times, the guy is not so good, the gal is better. Costumes and scenery lovely. NOT memorable !
mark.waltz
While this deals with the creation of "Romeo and Juliet", in some eyes his very best play, this is really a story of deception, a la Yentl, a la "As You Like It". This is about the desires of a young lady (Gwyneth Paltrow) who desired to act and disguised herself as a boy to play the part of Romeo, ironically opposite a young male actor as Juliet. In the process, she falls in love with Shakespeare (the dashing Joseph Fiennes) and while he returns her feelings, he uses elements of their relationship to finish the play. A jealous suitor becomes Mercutio; her nurse (Imelda Staunton) becomes Juliet's nurse, and various personal tragedies guide the conclusion, leading to a triumph....or does it?Perfect in every detail, this Oscar winning best picture features a great cast in smaller parts, most notably the Oscar winning Judi Dench as the imperious Queen Elizabeth II, basically a cameo, but a commanding one. There's some ironic cameos as well, including "Downton Abbey's" Carson (Jim Carter) as the actor playing the nurse, and deep down the cast list, "Are You Being Served?"'s Mr. Humphreys (John Inman). Geoffrey rush, Simon Callow and Ben Affleck are just a sample of the incredible cast. There's humor, tension, sexism galore (a historical fact of the times) and lush music, photography and art direction. I'm glad this just presents the facts (fictional or not) and leaves the point of view to the audience decide.
Sam smith (sam_smithreview)
Don't be afraid of the word Shakespeare in the title! This movie is not a junior-high history lesson. It's light, funny, romantic, and a totally irreverent look at Elizabethan England.The screenplay is brilliant. The best writing in a movie I've seen this year. The idea is that Shakespeare is not some grave, great poet, but a young guy trying to make his way in the theater. He's written good plays, but nothing truly transcendent. The conceit is that an ill- fated romance--the one great true love of this life-- with a beautiful, smart woman is what inspires him to write his first immortal play: Romeo and Juliet.In this era of world-exploding auctioneers and cookie-cutter Adam Sandler movies, it's rare to see such a specific, ingenious, and inspired story for a film.The best part about this movie is its sense of humor. It plays with history, takes a great man abut whom we know almost nothing, and creates a fantasy about his life that is totally outrageous, funny and real.Also, the movie is really romantic. The costumes are lush, the leads look great and have real chemistry together. I used to think that Gwyneth was overrated, but here she's radiant. And Joe Fiennes has an intensity and a vulnerability, as well as a sense of humor, that I for one find sorely lacking in his older brother Ralph.Needless to say, this is the best date movie of the year. Women take note: I am a red-blooded straight American male, and I loved it. Take your boyfriends to see this movie. It will make up for you forcing them to sit through The Piano.
Kirpianuscus
a nice film. funny, amusing, charming, romantic, full of all small tricks who gives to it a large target, mixture of historical details and pink details, secret side of a fake story but the truth is not the most important thing. after its end, two performances remains interesting- Elisabeth by Judy Dench and Marlowe by Rupert Everett. each as presence to gives roots to a lovely adventure in which Shakespeare seems be only good basic idea for rediscover original version of one from his plays. pure entertainment, the film is far to be good or bad. it is only a firework. seductive for story, atmosphere and costumes, old for well known clichés, new for the need of romantic fairy tales.short, nice at whole.
