Judy Dench's performance is outstanding

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2006)

Romeo and Juliet has so often be acted,transformed and turned into films that it is hardly possible to build a new and refreshing storyline on it. I was thus not very interested in it but watched it as there was nothing else on TV worth watching. Lucky me! Although I have to admit that I do not think Gwyneth Paltrow to be the right actress to embody Viola, it was one of the best versions of Shakespeare's play I've ever had the pleasure to watch. Especially Joseph Fiennes turned out to be extremely talented an actor.
It is Judy Dench as Queen Elizabeth, however, making this film amazing, and the academy award she received more than justified!