This movie is really awesome!

Rating: 10/10 (4 March 2006)

We were "forced" to watch this movie in school for our movie-critiquing-project, and I thought that this film would be boring and senseless like that of "A Knight's Tale", yet I was proved wrong. Though it was not really based on the real man's life, "Shakespeare in Love" gave its viewers a setting similar to that of Shakespeare's, in a more romantic, lovelier and lighter tone, which people of all generations could appreciate. Who would've thought that Shakespeare has a Viola, besides Anne Hathaway (not to be mistaken with the actress Anne Hathaway) and Rosaline? The actors did a very good job. Gwyneth Paltrow (Lady Viola) was dashing: she played her part very well. She seems to be real Viola whom Shakespeare loved and whom Shakespeare got his inspiration in writing one of the most beautiful love stories made in the face of the earth: Romeo and Juliet. Ralph Fiennes has his own gift of acting, different from his brother's, and that definitely gave him his own sense of identity. The movie itself was tragic, yes, but in a way, comical. John Webster (Joe Roberts) gave light and conflict in the story in a funny and selfish way. The other actors did a very good job. The movie was both entertaining and very educational, which serves as an explanation why our teacher chose this movie for us to critic. No doubt it was blessed with 7 Oscars and plenty of other international awards.