fantasia instead of biography

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 1999)

Shakespeare in Love is a wonderful movie with an extraordinary script that captures all the witty charms of Shakespeare (whom we think we know yet still quite unsure of). The movie itself builds up a presence of Shakespeare the man with its plot cleverly intertwined with what we know and don't know about his life. Nice touch on Twelfth Night with the identity crisis. Also seeing the original Romeo and Juliet act out was was a wonderful treat.