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Quick
comment from Uncle Scoopy: I give this
movie four stars for only one reason ...
there aren't any more than four. It's the
best movie I've seen in a long time. It
may have the best script of any film I've
ever seen, and that covers a lot of
ground. Shakespeare himself would be
proud to claim it. Most movies about
Shakespeare treat him as if he were some
stuffed-shirt like the people who attend
his plays. Based upon his work, he
wasn't. He was earthy, romantic, profane,
horny, poetic, thoughtful, funny,
sometimes anachronistic, and sometimes a
bit tipsy, as well as the greatest (and
maybe also the fastest) wordsmith who
ever picked up a quill. Stoppard, the
co-screenwriter and a Shakespeare lover
of the first magnitude, has written a
screenplay which must, I think, get the
Oscar for best screenplay, or there is no
justice. Gwyneth is finally as good as
people have been claiming she is. The bit
players are magnificent. Plus, if you
take a woman to this movie and don't get
laid ... you ain't ever gonna get laid,
bubba!
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