72 - Shakespeare in Love

    It's been a long time since I saw this.  It's a very charming movie.  Excellent performances throughout.  The timing is great, secondary characters are well drawn.

    If I have any complaints, it is only this: Joseph Fiennes is too attractive.  I think I'd rather that he were a little more "warts and all," like almost everyone else in the picture.

    There are two spectacular casting decisions.  I'm amazed that Lord Wessex was played by Colin Firth.  While he looked familiar, I was certain it wasn't him.  And while I could hear it in the Queen's voice, Judi Dench looks nothing like herself.