Shakespeare in Love
The film depicts an imaginary love affair involving Viola de Lesseps and playwright William Shakespeare, which inspires him to write one of his most famous plays: Romeo and Juliet.
14 June 1949, Cape Town, South Africa
27 September 1972, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 November 1961, Wimbledon, South London, England, UK
15 August 1972, Berkeley, California, USA
1952, UK
1969, Pancras, London, England, UK
1963
June 16, 2016
The play within the movie rings false, methinks
February 22, 2016
There's so much to like about this film, which is giddily romantic, funny and clever, chock-full of Shakespearean touches like doomed love, mistaken identity and men dressing as women and women dressing as men.
February 11, 2014
It restores to centrality of consciousness one of the great geniuses of our civilization. It makes us care for his greatness, for his passion, for his worth. In no uncertain terms, it tells us Willie Boy is still here.
March 17, 2015
[A] cheeky, delightfully playful romantic comedy.
February 11, 2014
A triumph of talent and style over silliness.
February 11, 2014
[An] inordinately clever, sprightly romantic comedy.
February 11, 2014
Hilarious, sexy, clever, playful and as initially teasing as it is ultimately satisfying.
February 11, 2014
Scene after scene engages us as cheerful groundlings, tosses us jokes, toys with our expectations, then sweeps away the boundaries between film and stage, comedy and tragedy so we're open to the power of language and the feelings behind it.
February 22, 2016
A sprightly valentine to the heady world of comedy, drama, romance, art, commerce and language that is the theater.
March 17, 2015
All these funny, frenetic performances make for an enjoyable romp.
March 17, 2015
Sometimes it's the small things that provide the biggest delights. That's certainly the case with Shakespeare in Love, a tongue-in-cheek romance about the greatest romance ever written.
February 16, 2016
There is plenty to be thrilled about.
