Along with "Schindler's List" the best film of the 90s

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 1999)

I seriously think that this is a perfect movie. I personally don't like Shakespeare and hate romances, but i simply adore this one. It was the best film of the year and deserved more than the awards it received (it's so much more intelligent than 'Saving Private Ryan'). The direction is masterful, the script is hilarious, the photography is beautifully textured, the sets and costumes are impressive and realistic (I wonder how much research was required for all that), the editing is outstanding and the acting is perfect, with standout supporting performances by Rush and Dench. It's a spirited, fast-moving, intelligent, romantic, funny, touching, beautiful, sexy, entertaining, ... masterpiece. Surely one of the best films of the Nineties.