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Romeo + Juliet (1996)

PG-13 11/01/1996 Drama, Romance 2h 0m
68%
User
Score
6.7/10
74%
60/100

My only love sprung from my only hate.

Overview

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Craig Pearce

Screenplay

Baz Luhrmann

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Romeo

Claire Danes

Claire Danes

Juliet

Jesse Bradford

Jesse Bradford

Balthasar

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Captain Prince

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Ted Montague

John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo

Tybalt

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Nurse

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

Mercutio

Christina Pickles

Christina Pickles

Caroline Montague

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Media

Why Leonardo DiCaprio was the perfect Romeo | A Life In Pictures | BAFTA

Why Leonardo DiCaprio was the perfect Romeo | A Life In Pictures | BAFTA

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Reviews

A review by r96sk

Written on May 4, 2021

Part 2 of Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy: <em>'Romeo + Juliet'</em>.

I remember watching a little bit of this years and years back at high school and I seem to recall enjoying it a lot. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I might've on this viewing, but it is still a film I'd recommend for sure - it's very good.

I'm yet to see a bad - heck, even a just mildly good - film from Leonardo DiCaprio, which remains the case after this. It's probably the weakest performance I've seen from DiCaprio so far, though that's just through process of elimination as he's still impressive here as Romeo. Claire Danes (Juliet) merits props, also.

John Leguizamo (Tybalt) is the pick of the rest of the cast, which also includes the likes of Paul Sorvino, Miriam Margolyes and Paul Rudd. Speaking ...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 11, 2023

Shakespeare is still getting work in Hollywood, and probably always will...

... but I like updated modern Shakespeare when it comes in the form of West Side Story, She's all That, Overboard (all the other million or so Rom-Coms based off of The Taming of the Shrew) and not when the film is modern day with Shakespearean English and... yeah.

Too much of a Juxtaposition for me.

The kind of WWII update of Richard III wasn't bad, but it wasn't really taking Richard II, putting it in a different time, and keeping almost everything else intact.

I guess what I am saying is that it didn't mesh well for me....

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 18, 2023

Baz Luhrmann has relocated this classic to modern day Verona Beach and introduced a contemporary sound track to complement much of the original dialogue from the bard's story of true love, revenge and, quite possibly, the greatest tragedy ever written in the English language. The families "Montague" and "Capulet" have been feuding since God was a boy. The uneasy truce between them is to be severely tested when "Romeo" (Leonardo DiCaprio) and "Juliet" (Clare Danes) fall in love. Being from each of these warring tribes, they must keep their love clandestine in order to avoid conflict. As their affection grows, that secret proves harder and harder to keep - especially as "Juliet" has been betrothed and her father is determined that she shall be in the church on Tuesday next! I'm sure you all ...

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