Geoffrey Rush was nominated for his role and Gwyneth Paltrow won for hers yet the one performance that was one of the only really great things about this film didn’t even get a nomination!!! I’m speaking of course about Joseph Fiennes. The Academy was way off in ‘99 when they handed out the awards. Roberto Benigni won over Hanks (Saving Private Ryan) and Norton (American History X)!!!??? Plus I can’t see why this won best picture. Almost all of the comedy fell flat for me and overall I didn’t see anything special here. In fact it took a bit to start enjoying it in the first place. A very disappointing film. With only Fiennes and Dench making it truly worthwhile. Although I have to admit that Paltrow did do a good job. I didn’t NOT like the film but I can’t say I thought it was that great.