I thought this was a fantastic adaptation of play! I loved the setting. The entire time I wished that was me hanging out in Italy partying!

Shakespearean rom-com with even some musical influences. Quite an interesting cast I might add.

For whatever reason, it's my favorite Shakespeare adaptation of all time. Watching it (for the first time in widescreen), I found I could do practically all the lines, right down to the sound effects. I'm surprised my VHS tape never snapped. So no real surprises for me (though one piece of funny staging was revealed through the wider screen), still the same awesome performances (let me praise Emma Thompson and Denzel Washington especially), the same idyllic setting, the same pastoral feeling, the same Shakespearean verve. Familiarity breeds ecstasy, in my case, and I was joyously weepy throughout.