The best Shakespeare movie ever made, and it's not even as silly a plot as half the comedies he wrote himself

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2000)

If verbal swordplay is your idea of a good time at the movies, then this is one of the best ever. An imagined tale of how Shakespeare overcame writer's block to write one of the most cherished of all his plays, this is witty, sly, clever, endearing and engrossing scriptwriting, beautifully acted with great elan by some of the best England has to offer: in a word, romantic comedy at its height.