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This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers reciting Shakespeare's prose as .. Read more

Starring	Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo
Director	Baz Luhrmann
Genres	Drama

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- Exuberantly witty version of Shakespeare, where for once the language and the present-day setting match: the weapons toted by its hoodlum cast may be guns, but they bear trademarks such as 'Sword' and 'Dagger'. The poetry of the play tends to get lost in
- 31483
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  flashy...
  
  This film is really wonderful to watch. We all know the story and there are no revelations here. However the way the story moves at a really fast pace and I ... read more »
  
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  Awesome film
  
  I've watched this film so many times, but I learn something new from every viewing. There is so much depth in the story and the different characters, and ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Nov 2011 at 15:06
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  Beautifully done
  
  AMAZING! What can i say? Ive seen this film many times and it never gets boring!
  
  The camera shots! The context! the script! The actors! just ... read more »
  
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- 1065444
- - a customer
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 17:25
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  Fall In Love With Another Of Baz Luhrmann's Greats
  
  Shakespeare updated and set in the style of a music video in the 1990's with guns, violence and cars, simply should not work... but this film really does! I... read more »
  
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- - Scottiee
  - 10 reviews
  - 08 May 2011 at 17:25
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  Romeo and Juliet
  
  This was the most pretentious load of rubbish I have ever seen. I do not rate this film at all - it deserves minus ratings (-5 stars).
  
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- 914712
- - realworld
  - 24 reviews
  - herts
  - 15 Aug 2010 at 10:19
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  Good modern adaptation
  
  A credible adaptation of this classic set in modern day times with strong performances by all key cast members.
  
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  - Woking
  - 05 Feb 2010 at 13:26
- - 3
  - 1
  Supercharged Shakespeare
  
  Shakespeare is all about the words. But Baz Luhrmann has a very different take on it, pumping this umpteenth version of the tragedy to the gills with dynamic ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 752 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Jan 2010 at 22:55
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  Very entertaining Version
  
  Very entertaining Version of the original story. No matter what your view of shakespeares original play, this film is entertaining to watch,although it may be ... read more »
  
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  - Bury
  - 17 Oct 2009 at 10:51
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  Romeo & Juliet
  
  This is my favorite version of Romeo & Juliet, & the only one Ive seen that truly conveys the extreme youth of the lovers and all the raw passion and ... read more »
  
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- - Archy
  - 3 reviews
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  - 19 Sep 2009 at 11:20
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  OLD FILM
  
  very good, and enjoyable.
  
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- - HODSONE
  - 1 review
  - Birmingham
  - 28 Jul 2009 at 09:20
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  Wonderful film
  
  Great 90s soundtrack, casting and wonderful interpretation of a Shakespearean classic. A great way to spend 2 hours - highly recommended.
  
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  - London
  - 12 Jul 2009 at 22:25
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  flashy...
  
  This film is really wonderful to watch. We all know the story and there are no revelations here. However the way the story moves at a really fast pace and I ... read more »
  
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- 53
- [Highly rated reviewer]
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  - 12 Sep 2003 at 10:11
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  Romeo and Juliet - dazzling spectacular
  
  This is one of the most colourful, dazzling, high voltage films I have ever seen. The soundtrack is amazing, and the modern setting of this Shakesperian classic... read more »
  
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- - elliottburton
  - 46 reviews
  - london/leeds
  - 20 Apr 2004 at 11:35
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  Yes boy
  
  OK. This film is anything but orthodox. But forget that crap. The fact is that this movie is brilliant; it is really funny, really over the top, and really ... read more »
  
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- - David Gwynne
  - In bed (ahhhhhhhhhhh)
  - 14 Jul 2007 at 01:37
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  hated it
  
  If I had known that the dialogue was in the 16th century Shakespearian language (with an American accent!!!) I wouldnt have rented it. I really thought it was ... read more »
  
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  - Isle Of Man
  - 01 Dec 2007 at 23:03
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  Modern Version Of Old Classic
  
  A fantastic modern up to date film version, of the play by William Shakespeare. Altough the film is set in a modern day city, the dialog is exactly the same as ... read more »
  
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  - Croydon, London
  - 17 Oct 2005 at 18:56
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  wow
  
  i never saw romeo and juliet before but when i saw it was so real, the love and all!
  
  should watch it
  
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  - uk
  - 23 Feb 2007 at 21:27
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  Great!
  
  I love this film! The acting is good and the use of Shakespeare's words is a great touch to this modern adaptation. I like the way all the famous scenes ... read more »
  
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  - Somerset, England
  - 10 Jul 2005 at 17:34
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  classic
  
  I hated this film the first time i watched it - i did not get it at all but now i love it - its a classic story of love and hate, its done in a very modern way ... read more »
  
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- - diana
  - scotland
  - 08 Jul 2006 at 19:44
- - 3
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  Shakespeare with a difference
  
  This is really well done - a modern take on the play but with all the original dialogue. Would recommend it to teenagers studying Shakespeare at school for ... read more »
  
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- - MARIA FRINDLE
  - Oxfordshire
  - 26 Jul 2006 at 21:48
- - 3
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  Supercharged Shakespeare
  
  Shakespeare is all about the words. But Baz Luhrmann has a very different take on it, pumping this umpteenth version of the tragedy to the gills with dynamic ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 752 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Jan 2010 at 22:55

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Critics' reviews
- Exuberantly witty version of Shakespeare, where for once the language and the present-day setting match: the weapons toted by its hoodlum cast may be guns, but they bear trademarks such as 'Sword' and 'Dagger'. The poetry of the play tends to get lost in
- 31483
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...DiCaprio brings youthful energy to the role....The language is spotlighted by Danes, who has somehow found a way to both enunciate the Shakespearean lingo and make its meanings lucid and accessible..."
- 10089
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- Leone-style face-off between gun-toting gangs at a gas station: outright street-warfare is evidently imminent, which... read more on Time Out
- 44732
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...A whirlwind of hardball action, rowdy humor and rapturous romance....DiCaprio and Danes cut to the heart..."
- 10088
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...A visual flamboyance and an experimental flair..."
- 10087
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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