a few thought before i get to the heart of the film represent 1 ) i have never see so many bare breast in a film before and display in so many non sexual scene it be weird while 2 ) joseph fiennes and where have you be . you charm u in elizabeth and shakespeare in love and and then you go away for awhile . mainstream american want more . okay and i be a college english professor and i have read this play many time and and this be probably the best film version i have see of it . while individual aspect of other production may have stand out and this be the overall package put together well . pacino be no olivier and but he doesn not need to be and so get over it . the film cinematography be stun and not just because of the bare breast . venice be portray amazingly and and you do get a feel for really be there . portia residential island be amazingly beautiful and and the lighting be always tint the proper way for the scene appropriate mood . the anti semetism in this film or play be hard to watch and especially at the end . pacino drop to the knee and clutch his religious artifact be perhaps the most powerful moment of his on film since the godfather part iii ( when michael daughter be gun down on the opera step ) . be the play anti semetic . sure . be othello racist . sure . take it for what it be represent a commentary on the elizabethan era and not a commentary on today . fiennes be underutilized in the film and but still a pleasure to watch . the woman in the film be alright while no one really stand out here and but they do blend in nicely with the scenery . jeremy iron and pacino be excellent in the two juiciest role and adversary until the end . i have always felt iron be underrated ( i still get chill when i hear his voice from the lion king ) and and pacino be pacino .