Oscar winning it was, a great movie it was not......

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2000)

Shakespear in Love
DIRECTION 67% Fits the film, but nothing spectacular or engrossingly captivating.
ACTING 88% Very good in places and was quite strong.
EDITING/SPECIAL EFFECTS 56% Nothing much to engross with.
PLOT 50% The weakest part of the film which took liabilities with the historical and real Shakespeare.
STRONG WORDS AND VIOLENCE ETC 80% Some bizarre non-contributory to the movie sex scenes and vigor language in places.
MUSIC 87% Strong with you if you like this type of music.
SOUND 90% You may think you are in the closing stages of the 16th century.
HOOKABILITY 90% You want to see Shakespeare and what he was like..
LASTABILITY 75% .though people don't know what he was like, this movie provides significantly less entertainment than Amadeus which even though was funny, there was also an underpinning serious topics/moments throughout that kept the viewer's mind working. If it wasn't for Judy Dench appearance I would have fell asleep with the predictable if not silly storyline.
OVERALL 72% Oscar winning it was, a great movie it was not. Winning oscars by successful marketing campaigns can only lead to more disappointed people and a mocking from the public toward the oscars in general.