Movies are neither made nor received in a vacuum, and they have a life beyond what we can initially imagine for them. And that is how a play lives forever, reinvented again and again across the centuries, even as its bones and its heart remain intact. Contact us at letters time. By Stephanie Zacharek. Related Stories. Miriam Margolyes The Nurse. Vondie Curtis Hall Captain Prince. Christina Pickles Caroline Montague.
Emmet Walsh Apothecary. Baz Luhrmann Director. William Shakespeare Writer. Craig Pearce Screenwriter. Baz Luhrmann Screenwriter. Jill Bilcock Associate Producer. Martin Brown Co-Producer. Baz Luhrmann Producer. Catherine Martin Associate Producer. Gabriella Martinelli Producer. Craig Armstrong Original Music. Marius DeVries Original Music.
Gary S. Scott Original Music. Nellee Hooper Original Music. Donald McAlpine Cinematographer. Jill Bilcock Film Editor. David Rubin Casting. Catherine Martin Production Designer. Doug Hardwick Art Direction. Kym Barrett Costume Designer. Brigitte Broch Set Decoration. View All Critic Reviews Oct 08, This version of Romeo and Juliet holds up surprisingly well after so many years. The production is full of fantastic verve. Even where it is bad, it is not embarrassingly, but rather comically, so.
The actors display great vitality that suits this tragedy very well. Robert B Super Reviewer. Sep 23, Despite the flashy style and some questionable casting choices, Luhrmann finds ways for a story, that everyone already knows the ending of, to resonate on a serious emotional level by the end. Alec B Super Reviewer. Apr 06, And I don't think Shakespeare would have been glad to see this. It was a daring but failed attempt to recreate his masterpiece. His last name is Basque and he has also referred to Indigenous ancestry.
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She is on Twitter CarlaDellaGatta. Baz Luhrmann. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love.
They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights.
But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers". Two households both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where we lay our scene. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.
Rated PG for scenes of contemporary violence and some sensuality. Did you know Edit. Goofs At the gas station showdown, a boom mic is visible in a car window as the camera moves past it. Quotes Romeo : Did my heart love 'til now? Shirley Manson appears courtesy of Radioactive Records. User reviews Review. Top review. Shakespeare as Served by Taco Bell. William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' has been performed and adapted countless times, and, unfortunately, most of said adaptations have been utterly unable to arouse more than fleeting interest in our current young generation.
Consequently, I have to admit that my anticipation for this new interpretation by Baz Luhrman was restrained and, in fact, even somewhat pessimistic.
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