I loved it!

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2002)

After reading some of these reviews I guess you have to ask yourself why do you go to the movies?
For myself I have to say the number one priority is to be entertained, then I suppose to be told a story, and I suppose somewhere way down the list is to be given a history lesson. It seems to me that the makers of this movie were trying to do the number one on my list, and they succeeded. It's well written, well acted, funny and sad.....Shakespeare in Love is all of these things. From the opening scenes to the credits I was entertained and I left the cinema feeling good. So what do I care about historical inaccuracies in a movie that isn't even trying to be so...So the costumes weren't accurate for the time period...The historical reality is that we still can't be absolutely sure who William Shakespeare was, or even whether he wrote all of the plays attributed to him. The movie doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is...Entertainment. If I go to see a movie like, Saving Private Ryan, I expect it to be within the realms of some historical accuracy, because that is the purpose of the movie.
Well done to everyone involved in making this movie for keeping me entertained and therefore happy for two hours!
So... I loved it. One of my favorite all time feel good movies!!