... is a witty, fast-moving romantic comedy with a whirl of mistaken identities, mixed-up messages and misbegotten desires. Using such Shakespearean devices as star-crossed lovers and double - and triple - entendres, Shakespeare in Love carry audiences on an emotional ride, while appealing with equal power to Shakespeare novices and those who know and love him. Working on several different levels at once, the movie is a romance, an adventure, a comedy, a satire of Hollywood and a love letter to the greatest playwright of all time.

The film follows the trials and tribulations of young Shakespeare, suffering from a dreadful bout of writer's block, when he meets and falls in love with Viola, who is betrothed and soon to be married to the insufferable Earl of Wessex [played by Colin Firth]

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