Love at first viewing!

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2004)

I am so in love with this movie! I'm a writer and I adore William Shakespeare's work. This movie was truly amazing because I feel like it didn't take a perfectly wonderful story line and turn it into complete crap.
It was real and (in my opinion) a timeless story.
I do believe that the casting was done perfectly. Joseph Fiennes was so completely HOT in this movie. Not only was he sexy, he is a great actor and fit the character perfectly. In this movie, Will Shakespeare was supposed to be handsome and he was well with the ladies when he found the time. Joseph Fiennes fit the profile perfectly. His entire on-screen presence was the highlight of the movie. The way that he and Gwyneth Paltrow worked together was like they had known each other for awhile and they were really in love. They just had this amazing chemistry and it made the movie so much more enjoyable to watch than so many of the other movies where (I feel like) people are struggling to work together.
I know there were other people in this movie, and I'm not forgetting that at all. I'm simply commenting on my favorite actors from the movie. I like that the ending wasn't really corny. It was real. It felt like it really could've happened. If it were my life, I would have fought tooth and nail to stay with Will Shakespeare, but in that time period it was impossible to do so. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I am looking to buy it. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone with a romantic side, or someone who needs to be reminded what a truly good movie looks like.