I wouldn't have given it Best Picture.

Rating: 6/10 (22 February 2006)

"Shakespeare in Love" was an interesting movie, but in a year when we had "Beloved" and "The Truman Show" ("Saving Private Ryan" was also good, but there were more things that it could have shown), did this one really deserve Best Picture? Well, I guess that there were worse movies. Still, a portrayal of history's greatest playwright getting some unusual inspiration for his masterpiece didn't really seem to deserve Oscar's highest honor. No matter; I did like the original name that they suggested for "Romeo and Juliet".
It's still weird to think that this came out around the same time as "Elizabeth", and also portrayed Queen Elizabeth - not to mention that both movies starred Joseph Fiennes and Geoffrey Rush.