Rating-3.5/5 Stars
With little expectations of liking it, and no knowledge of it being a comedy I embarked on watching ‘Best Picture’ for the year 1998.
Set in Elizabethan times with Shakespeare as a rising playwright, who’s every play is inspired by a muse. At this point of story he is without a muse and thus without an inspiration to write. How he eventually finds her and scripts his classic Romeo and Juliet forms the rest of the story.
Joseph Fiennes as Shakespeare is excellent in his comic timing as well as his lover boy act. Gweneth Paltrow as his muse, who is binded by customs but is still madly in love with Shakespeare comes across as a earnest performance. Judy Dench with her surprise appearance as Queen Elizabeth impreses too.
How it changes from a light hearted comedy, going through twists to reach its lightly tragic end is a treat to savour.
Watch it whenever you have time. It will surely surprise you, as it surprised me.
Written By Ali Naqvi
