William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
120 minutes,
USA/Australia/Canada (1996), 12
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(4 / 245 votes)
(4 / 245 votes)
Lively, visually-striking big screen adaptation of the Bard's tale of tragic romance. Australian director Baz Luhrmann injects enough verve and colour to win over even the most switched-off GCSE student
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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Baz Luhrmann transfers Verona to Verona Beach in this iconoclastic, sexy rendering of the bard's classic tale of love and tragedy.
Here the Montagues and Capulets act like modern gangs with vendettas and blood feuds, the swords have become guns but the language remains the same and the tragedy of the star-crossed lovers Juliet (Danes) and Romeo (DiCaprio) remains as poignant as ever...
Read the William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet full reviewHere the Montagues and Capulets act like modern gangs with vendettas and blood feuds, the swords have become guns but the language remains the same and the tragedy of the star-crossed lovers Juliet (Danes) and Romeo (DiCaprio) remains as poignant as ever...
