The most overrated movie of all times

Rating: 1/10 (17 January 2004)

This movie is extremely mediocre. As a comedy, it's a complete failure because there's not one joke worth laughing, with it's humor being so incredibly lame and old. As a costume piece, it's very forgettable because the performances are so exaggerated you never really care about any of the characters.
And the worst thing about the movie is probably Gwyneth Paltrow, who people think can act well because she can talk in a posh English accent. I've never seen someone so cold and heartless in a romantic film.
Like most people have notices the 7 Oscars were ridiculous, it may be an ok movie for a sunday afternoon if you absolutely have nothing better to do, but the film is best avoided, a terrible bore. Mind you, I like period pieces and most of the time I don't even mind if it's a romantic drama or comedy. But this pile of crap is just not worth to be mentioned.
People probably liked the title, and their mindless adoration of Shakespeare, who most people don't even read, turned it into an out-of-the-blue Oscar rain. There were tons of better films made in 1998, such as Elizabeth, The Truman Show, American History X, The Big Lebowski, and A Simple Plan!
I gave it 1 out of 10 just to try to balance up things.