A visual experience not to be missed.

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2001)

In Shakespeare's day communication was mainly aural. Thus your average Elizabethan could absorb more words in a minute than this modern decedent. We live in a visual era and this film challenges our capacity to process images to the full. Visually it is stunning. Sit back and let the experience wash over you. The story is not complicated and the dialogue relies much on the potency of cheap music (many popular songwriters coffers will be lined by this film), but it doesn't matter. This is pure entertainment. Like champagne it may have lots of froth and no substance, but I love champagne occasionally. Spectacular! Spectacular!