Not worthy of all that praise.

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 1999)

Maybe it was just me. All I have heard of this movie is praise. I don't think it deserves all the attention it's getting. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it was bad, just not great.
First of all the movie drags so much it's unbelievable. I'm also not a big Romeo and Juliet fan, so having two Romeo and Juliet type scenarios (the writing of the play and Shakespeare and Viola's doomed love) in the same movie did absolutely nothing to better my judgement of it.
Just so you people don't think I'm all negative, there were some good parts. The emotion in the last part of the movie where it's evident that Shakespeare and Viola's love is doomed to fail, what can I say, I think it's the best scene I have ever seen. Very few movies make me cry, and that scene did the trick. There is a bit of humor, but most of it is dry humor.
If I had had the choice, I would have rather seen this one on video.