Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Country: US
Technical: col 123m
Director: John Madden
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth
Synopsis:
While struggling to write Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare falls in love with a young woman who wants to act so much, she disguises herself as a man and comes to one of his auditions. She, however, is destined by her family for another, far more noble match.
Review:
Thus begins a series of ingenious riffs on Shakespearean tropes such as cross-dressing, mistaken identity, illicit love, jealousy and debt collection! It provides entertainment both as a game of reference-spotting, and as a mock exposé of the biographical sources of his works. Of course it can also be enjoyed as straight romantic comedy, leavened by the poetry inherent in its subject.
Country: US
Technical: col 123m
Director: John Madden
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth
Synopsis:
While struggling to write Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare falls in love with a young woman who wants to act so much, she disguises herself as a man and comes to one of his auditions. She, however, is destined by her family for another, far more noble match.
Review:
Thus begins a series of ingenious riffs on Shakespearean tropes such as cross-dressing, mistaken identity, illicit love, jealousy and debt collection! It provides entertainment both as a game of reference-spotting, and as a mock exposé of the biographical sources of his works. Of course it can also be enjoyed as straight romantic comedy, leavened by the poetry inherent in its subject.
Country: US
Technical: col 123m
Director: John Madden
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth
Synopsis:
While struggling to write Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare falls in love with a young woman who wants to act so much, she disguises herself as a man and comes to one of his auditions. She, however, is destined by her family for another, far more noble match.
Review:
Thus begins a series of ingenious riffs on Shakespearean tropes such as cross-dressing, mistaken identity, illicit love, jealousy and debt collection! It provides entertainment both as a game of reference-spotting, and as a mock exposé of the biographical sources of his works. Of course it can also be enjoyed as straight romantic comedy, leavened by the poetry inherent in its subject.