Romeo + Juliet
Directed by Baz LuhrmannA modern twisted version of William Shakespeare's play about two young people from opposite families who fall in love in secret. Multiple events will shape their lives that will leave them and their families in trouble and punishment in the city.
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Romeo + Juliet Ratings & Reviews
- Abdullah HarisFebruary 5, 2025Very stylized adaptation and in my opinion a great movie.
- 匚卂尺ㄥJanuary 31, 2025🫶 For students needing to study the text for GCSE or A Level, it is a magnificent take on the story, characters and language. Yes you have to remind the children that in Shakespeare's 1590s setting in Verona in Italy they did not have machine guns, cars and LA bling. But the story, the characters, the language is easy to study especially with English sub-titles. They are exposed to the text which is the point of making them study classic literature. As a movie version of a Shakespeare play it is superb. Teenagers really enjoy watching the young stars acting out this story. Magnificent direction. Yes the most studious will voluntarily read and re-read the text. Yes they need to do this to excel. But many teenagers these days are not naturally comfortable with newspapers and plays in their hands. Put it on smartphone or tablet and they will read 'War and Peace' at one sitting. Especially if you throw in some pictures. It was a play written to be performed not read. The themes, story, were meant to be king. Not the technology of the day (horses not cars, daggers not machine guns). A great gift for a teenage relative especially if they have to study this for exams. Do remind them it has sub-titles in English. If I had to compare it to say a really worthy version of Hamlet by Mel Gibson when he was super hot after Lethal Weapon, well great actor as he is and great Shakespearian actor as well, and with such a great director and supporting cast, well it was boring and a trial to watch. If they had put in a motorbike chase then it would have had some excitement as this Romeo and Juliet version certainly does. Shakespeare in original language and 1590s setting works well on the stage but not the screen. Update the language, keeping the story or update the setting as this version of Romeo and Juliet does.
