Such a disappointment for a best picture winner

Rating: 4/10 (20 February 2014)

Acting is sub-par - the leading actor looked weird and simply did not pass on as a believable Mr Shakespeare; and Ms. P has a talent for something, but that something clearly is not acting. The only thing worse than her Oscar- winning performance here is perhaps her four-minute acceptance speech at the Oscar. The supporting staff is good - Mr. Rush, Mr. Firth and Mr. Dench all gave strong performances. But how did Judi Dench win an Oscar based on this?
This storyline is fine - actually one that I enjoyed somewhat. Basically the "romeo & Juliet" in "romeo & Juliet".
The movie as a whole is not worthy of a Oscar best picture award - not that a comedy is not worthy but this one a) is not that funny; b) does not have a point; c) overall drags on too long.