Passion, poetry and a "stolen season"...

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 1999)

This movie literally sweeps you away into a world of poetry and romance and both the seriousness and humor of the human condition at that time. Joseph Fiennes is enormously talented...and believable. I was captivated by his portrayal of Will Shakespeare. Gwyneth Paltrow filled me with her passion for poetry and "love...above all..." .
The chemistry between Fiennes and Paltrow is palpable. And their passion, both for each other and for poetry is artfully, flawlessly and magically woven between their "stolen season" of intimacy and the theatre. I was mesmerized. I fell in love.
I will see this movie again. I will laugh and I will cry. And, I will always secretly wish...the next time...it will end differently. The next time... not a "stolen season".