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Winner of seven 1999 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actress for Gwyneth Paltrow. Young Shakespeare is forced to stage...
Winner of seven 1999 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actress for Gwyneth Paltrow. Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love - and his play finds a new life. But as their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
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92 %146 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %227,262 reviewsAudience score rating
"Exquisitely acted, tightly directed and impressively assembled, this lively period piece is the kind of arty gem with potentially broad appeal that Miramax certainly knows how to sell."
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Variety
Variety"It's Tom Stoppard's witty, intelligent script which proves so satisfying."
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Time Out
Time Out"Let the kids toy with their Rugrats and hold their Sandler high. Shakespeare in Love is a movie to please the rest of us."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"Gwyneth Paltrow, in her first great, fully realised starring performance, makes a heroine so breathtaking that she seems utterly plausible as the playwright's guiding light."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"I was carried along by the wit, the energy and a surprising sweetness."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"A happy conceit smoothly executed, this is one of those entertaining confections that's so pleasing to the eye and ear you'd have to be a genuine Scrooge to struggle against it."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"A rom-com with added smarts for the literature scholars, which doesn't alienate everyone else."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineShakespeare in Love | Details
Award winner- Winner of 7 Academy Awards 1999, including Best Picture, Lead Actress (Paltrow), Supporting Actress (Dench) and Original Screenplay.
- Rating
- M, Sex scenes
- Runtime
- 124
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
