Did I miss something?

Rating: 4/10 (19 February 1999)

Thirteen Oscar nominations for an ordinary, slight, nondescript romance? Did we learn no lessons from Titanic?
Geoffrey Rush deserves his nomination, but not for his Jim Dale impression in this film! In Elizabeth he played a character of depth, not a caricature.
Is Judi Dench's nomination an apology for her missing out on Best Actress last year, because there is nothing in this film worthy of such an accolade?
This is an adequately entertaining film which was well scripted and quite cunning, but in no way exceptional. Enjoyable, but hardly worthy of the plaudits. Mind you, it was better than the first 3 hours (or so) of Titanic...