An exquisite love story, told with passion, sharp humor and heart breaking romance. A movie to watch over and over again. Wonderful.

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2000)

In a time of mechanical, assembly line Hollywood filmmaking, "Shakespeare in Love" is a breath of fresh air. A wonderfully written, passionate love story with great acting, clever humor and top-notch direction (I'm not even a Ben Affleck fan, but even he was good). When watching new releases, I can immediately tell when the creators were simply "cashing a check" (simply relying on a tried and true formula plot or hoping the big stars could carry the movie by themselves) or there was a passionate spirit behind the scenes ("Braveheart" was another film which comes to mind. You can tell when watching it, that it was a labor of love for its creator). When watching "Shakespeare... " I immediately knew this was a passion project. Not one frame of this wonderful movie screams "formula!" It's a passionate movie from beginning to end. I cannot recommend this movie high enough.