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Title: NUDITY NOT NECESSARY!!
Review: An entertaining, but somewhat offensive look at what "might have been", but I was disappointed that it had so little depth. It's called a comedy, yet wasn't all that funny. Also not enough substance to be classified as a drama. The many references to other "Bard" works does NOT transform it into a fantastic, artistic masterpiece. The sexual relationships could have been IMPLIED without spelling them out so unnecessarily, and the acting, although good, wouldn't go down in history as exceptional if it hadn't been handed an Oscar for Best Picture. When you compare it to classics in the past (of different genres) such as It's A Wonderful Life, High Noon, North By Northwest, Ben-Hur, and Chariots of Fire; Shakespeare in Love just doesn't begin to come up to those standards of great films. It's entertaining, and amazingly enough was awarded Oscars, but for all but its most ardent fans, this one will fade into the past as just another entertaining, but not GREAT, movie.
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