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- Actor's LifeHidden IdentityUnlikely CoupleWriter's LifeAgainst the RulesFall in LoveForbidden LoveGender Bending more...
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- ComedyPeriodRomance
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Time/Period:
- 16th Century
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- EnglandTheater
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- Date NightGirls' Night
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Humor:
- Verbal Byplay
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- Strong Female Role
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Shakespeare in Love, 1998
English
USA, UK
Profile of Shakespeare in Love
The mood of Shakespeare in Love is clever, stylized, and witty. The plot centers around going against the rules, gender bending, and the life of a writer. It features verbal byplay. Shakespeare in Love is a comedy, romance, and period movie. Stylistically, it stars a strong female character. In approach, it is realistic. Shakespeare in Love takes place, at least partly, in a theater. The setting is England. It happens in the 16th century. Shakespeare in Love is known for being an Oscar winner, a blockbuster, and critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a girls' night and a date night.
Summary of Shakespeare in Love
In this well-conceived Elizabethan comedy, writers Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman ask the question: Who was William Shakespeare's muse? The answer: Viola de Lesseps, a young noblewoman who dreams of acting on a man's stage. The screenwriters deliver a cleverly crafted scenario which beautifully illustrates both the early aspirations of the playwright, and a glimpse into the culture of Elizabethan theater. Colorful characters, like the Globe theater owner Henslow (played by Geoffrey Rush), the lead player in the troupe (Ben Affleck), and the Queen herself (Judi Dench), give the cast charm, wit, and feasibility. The young playwright who at the start of the film is experiencing writer's block bursts forth with a lyrical text inspired by the lovely and passionate Viola. Ultimately this film is about the making of a great play, but most importantly it is about the power of words.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, UK |
| Release date: | 8 January 1999 |
| Runtime: | 123 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Viola De Lesseps
as Will Shakespeare
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Anyone not romantically inclined going into Shakespeare in Love surely will be by the end.
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- by: Ruthe Stein
The New York Times
Shakespeare meets Sherlock, and makes for pure enchantment in the inspired conjecture behind Shakespeare in Love.
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- by: Elvis Mitchell
Users Reviews
Shakespeare in Love is similar in concept to Young Einstein, taking someone who is considered a genius down a peg by making him a lovable goofball. Somehow the movie stumbled onto an Oscar for that. Probably because a lot of people think if you take...
- 11.August.2009
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- by: moviemeh
- moviemeh rated this movie
1/10Awful
a romantic comedt in which william shakespeare is not the writer but a character? this romantic comedy shows the legendary writer as a young artist who suffers from a writer's block until he falls in love with the beautiful viola, who wants to be an...
- 27.October.2008
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- by: Ohad Stadler
- Ohad Stadler rated this movie0/10
