Excellent!

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2004)

paltrow and fiennes make an outstanding couple from the 1500's, where women are forbidden to act on the stage along with the creative mind of william shakespeare. fiennes, as shakespeare, delivers an outstanding performance. i cant wait to watch another of his films. the movie is all about william finding inspiration to continue writing poems and plays, the inspiration is only to be found in a woman. the only problem is that the woman where the inspiration is drawn from is none other than royalty. she is (paltrow) already set to marry someone else in exchange for funds. the two fall in love through the movie, and appear to be similar to romeo and juliet itself. (**SPOILER**) in the movie, the play to be acted out is romeo and juliet. the story is known all over. but didnt it seem that romeo was will and juliet was paltrow? i felt that their love had to be snuck around, and juliet was connected to royalty... it made me think of why he wrote romeo and juilet. maybe it did connect to his experiences in love, and felt poisoned with the thought of having love in his heart, but yet his love was far away, never to be touched or seen forever. shakespeare in love is the best movie that displays william shakespeare, and i strongly recommend it. To rent, or not to rent, that is the question? but not rented is going to be such sweet sorrow. (A A-)