William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

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William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

PG-13

Released Nov 1, 1996

2h 0m

Romance

Drama

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Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival gangs. Juliet (Claire Danes) is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in love.

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Critics Consensus

Baz Luhrmann's visual aesthetic is as divisive as it is fresh and inventive.

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Despite a hip Miami backdrop, and the quarrel between the Montagues and Capulets being played out like a gang feud, the director retained the play’s original text. It works beautifully...

Nov 7, 2023

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Anna Coatman

Little White Lies

Look back on your first love, without it making you wince.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 14, 2013

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

A slick blast of ''decadence,'' the kind of violent swank-trash music video that may make you feel like reaching for the remote control.

Rated: C+

Jul 6, 2010

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

You really get the whole Baz experience here.

Jul 17, 2022

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Mel Campbell

ScreenHub

Luhrmann's style simply defibrillates Shakespeare's text. ... For me, it's the overblown carnality that makes it such a perfect adaptation of the source material, and that still leaps from the screen today.

Rated: 5/5

Nov 9, 2021

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Yasmin Omar

Harper's Bazaar

This glitter bomb of a film explodes the play and builds it back up again... result[ing] in a truly unforgettable cinematic experience.

Rated: 5/5

Nov 5, 2021

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Fabrícia F

Comovente e um clássico cult de uma geração. É um romance que vale a pena conferir sob a ótica de brigas de gangues e o ódio entre duas famílias que se odeiam mas que nem imaginam que um jovem casal está disposto a ignorar toda essa guerra por amor, ainda que isso signifique morrer um pelo outro.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Kemp G

I get that it’s the whole point but the dialogue is hard to understand and does not feel natural so it is hard to take anything they say seriously. The strange dialogue especially does not fit the over stylized 90’s vibe the movie is going for. Leo especially has some of the corniest line deliveries in the entire thing. If you’re here for the aesthetic alone then give it a watch but the bad story,dialogue and acting are not good at all.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/21/24

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Audience Member

Not the best but pretty solid adaptation

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/27/24

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kew p

Classic in Australia good on u Baz!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/20/24

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Emily B

Romeo and Juliet is my favorite story ever. I actually liked this. I know it is different than the original story, but Leonardo Dicaprio does a very good job in this. Overall 7.5/10.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/09/24

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Tomato S

90s vibe while keeping traditional elements, very cool better than the older adaptation👏 and yes english teacher made us watch it 🫠

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Synopsis

Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival gangs. Juliet (Claire Danes) is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in love.

Director: Baz Luhrmann
Producer: Baz Luhrmann, Gabriella Martinelli
Screenwriter: William Shakespeare, Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Bazmark Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sensuality|Contemporary Violence)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 1996, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $46.4M
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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