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avg. user rating (1-10): 10
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122 minutes
UK/USA (1998)
PG
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SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE FILM REVIEW |
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Award-trawling period romantic comedy set in the Bard's London. Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow are the protagonists in the confused, troubled but suitably entertaining love
As a director, John Madden (who began in theatre and television and had made four features prior to this, including Mrs Brown) is obviously attracted to aspects of love that arrive on screen unconventional, even askew. Shakespeare (Fiennes) and his mysterious Viola De Lesseps (Paltrow, doing plummy English accent as used in Sliding Doors) testify to these concerns.
The plot concerns Shakespear's struggle with writers block. He is being hounded for a new play by theatre manager Philip Henslowe (Rush, relishing the role). The young playwright is working on something that doesn't sound entirely promising - 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter'. A good-humoured romp leads up to when the play goes into pre-production and Will first meets Viola, a noblewoman who is disguisuing herself as a boy so she can join the theatre troupe (to play women's roles). Understandably, much confusion stands in the way of true love. But it's waiting there, in the wings of course. Further trouble comes from the fact that he is married and she is promised to another, but it certainly helps his writing and tragic romance 'Romeo And Juliet' emerges.
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