Shakespeare in Love

Movie

1998

2h 3m

English

Romance, History, Comedy

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7.3

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Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progre...

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Shakespeare in Love

Movie

1998

2h 3m

English

Romance, History, Comedy

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Cast

Will Shakespeare

Viola De Lesseps

Philip Henslowe

Hugh Fennyman

Queen Elizabeth

Nurse

Lord Wessex

Ned Alleyn

Tilney

Makepeace

Ralph Bashford

Christopher Marlowe

Richard Burbage

Frees

John Webster

Dr. Moth

Lady in Waiting

Henry Condell

Nol

Wabash

Lady De Lesseps

Sir Robert De Lesseps

Rebecca Charles

Chambermaid

Bob Barrett

George Bryan

Simon Day

Taxi boatman

Directed By: John Madden

Written By: Tom Stoppard (Screenplay), Marc Norman (Screenplay)

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nmahoney416 says...

6 years ago

I still can't believe this boring movie beat Saving Private Ryan. I mean Gwyneth Paltrow is good and the costumes looked decent but it was just meh. Maybe I'd like it more if I was more familiar with all of Shakespeare's work.

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kanda92 says...

2 months ago

Not bad, but nothing special. The setting and clothes are good, but the story is not too interesting, just another love story. Furthermore, it has nothing to do with the true life and work of Shakespeare.

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ziggymacarthur says...

9 months ago

Great directing, a solid script, but somewhat of an average romantic story. The music is fairly cartoonish and typical of 20th century films. The costumes and set deisgn are marvelous. Its a shame this film is mired in the bad decision to be best picture, when Saving Private Ryan should have won.

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Bradym03 says...

4 years ago

So this is the movie that beat Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture at the Oscars...WTF?. Shakespeare in Love isn't a bad movie as people are pointing out to be, just because it won Best Picture at the Oscars, but Saving Private Ryan was overall a better movie and should have won, just saying. The acting was good, the directing was fine and the sets and costumes were good as well.

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GenerationofSwine

2 years ago

Does anyone remember this? I do, but only because its what turned me off of the Oscars. Haven't watched them since. It was the rude awakening that they were fixed, the quality of the film didn't matter as much as the bribes.

It beat Saving Private Ryan for best picture.

And then it beat Bulwor More

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CinemaSerf

11 months ago

Set during the later reign of Engand's Queen Elizabeth, this joyful drama sees poor old William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) having a bit of a creative drought. Lacking ideas and cash, and being pursued by both Richard Burbage (Martin Clunes) and the wonderfully dead pan Geoffrey Rush as Philip Hens More

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