FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Shakespeare in Love
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Scores
- IMDb7.1/10as of 2026-06-09
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer92%as of 2022-11-29
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.3/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic87/100as of 2025-06-16
What it is
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic comedy period film directed by John Madden, and written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, and Judi Dench. The film depicts a fictional love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps (Paltrow) during the writing of Romeo and Juliet.
At a glance
- Genres
- Romance / Comedy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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