Good, but not worthy of Best Picture

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 1999)

This movie was good, but it was not wonderful. I personally loved Life is Beautiful, and felt that that was more deserving of more awards than this one. Cate Blanchett was more deserving of the Oscar too, her role was a harder one to pull off. Paltrow did not do or say anything spectacular in this one, not anything Oscar-worthy mind you. All she did was have sex with Shakespeare. But the costumes are incredible and Judi Dench is wonderful in her 8 minutes on-screen. Geoffrey Rush is also funny as well. Sorry, guys the Oscars were too abundant for this film, and some should have gone to others.