Best Movie of 1998?

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 1999)

Featuring an almost certain academy award winning script and best actress performance by Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love may also pick up awards for Judi Dench (best actress) and Joseph Feinnes (best actor). Amazingly, it takes precious little "suspension of disbelief" to imagine that Shakespeare's most famous love story began as "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate Girl", but evolved into Romeo and Juliet on account of his personal love life and the debt problems of his theater-owner. Very highly recommended!