Thursday, February 10, 2011

Shakespeare in Love (1998) - 2 stars

One Sentence Plot Summary: A fictional tale of William Shakespeare finding love while writing Romeo and Juliet.

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Imelda Staunton, Simon Callow, Mark Williams, Rupert Everett

Best of: Great supporting performances from Rush, Dench and Wilkinson.

Worst of: The script is so proud of itself for squeezing in 3,000 jokes that only English professors understand that it drowns in its cleverness.

Notable: Judi Dench's 8 minutes of screen time was enough to win her an Oscar.

Also nominated: Saving Private Ryan

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