8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Overview
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
8.0
Overview
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is primarily an apolitical romantic comedy centered on artistic creation and personal fulfillment. While it features social commentary on gender roles and class structures, these serve as a backdrop for the personal narrative rather than forming a central ideological thesis advocating for systemic change.
The movie features a predominantly traditional cast without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative does not critically portray traditional identities, instead maintaining a neutral or positive framing consistent with its historical setting.
Secondary
The film "Shakespeare in Love" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The cross-dressing plot device is a traditional theatrical convention used to facilitate a heterosexual romance, not to explore queer identity or relationships.
Shakespeare in Love does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The cross-dressing depicted is a plot device for a cisgender woman to pursue acting in a historical context where women were forbidden from the stage, and it does not explore gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film features original characters and historical figures whose on-screen genders align with their established identities. While a main character, Viola, adopts a male disguise within the plot, her canonical gender remains female, which is explicitly excluded from the definition of a gender swap.
The film features both historical figures and original fictional characters. All historical figures are portrayed by actors matching their documented race. Fictional characters have no prior established race in source material to be subject to a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
6.8
Critic Ratings
9.2
8.7
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