Pales in comparison to Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" - 1968

Rating: 3/10 (11 February 1999)

This film just made me ache to see Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet yet again. It had been a while. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were exquisite as Shakespeare's tragic young lovers. All "Shakespeare In Love" did for me was remind me to go out and buy the video of Zeffirelli's version - because there is none that can come close to comparing with it. I loved Queen Elizabeth in this film, however. She was superb.