Romeo And Juliet (Special Edition) |  | Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  470 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 024543577522
EAN: 0024543577522
ASIN: B001QB5SCW
Release Date: April 7, 2009
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Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom) takes a shot at reinventing Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers as a visual pastiche inspired by MTV imagery, Hong Kong action-picture clichés, and Luhrmann's own taste for deliberate, gaudy excess. The result is explosive chaos, both in terms of bullets and visual sensibility, which some may find impossible to stick with for more than a few minutes. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the leads, though not with much distinction, while Pete Postlethwaite makes a huge impression as this movie's version of Friar Laurence. The film is successful in spots, but overall its fever-dream game plan is difficult to ride out. --Tom Keogh
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 Interesting spin on an old story January 17, 2010
Shadow
I first saw this when I was a freshman in high school. I was always fascinated by the way it was filmed, though I didn't care for the many close-ups of the actors (the camera needed to draw back a bit). It's a very creative and edgy take on one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. The actors handled the dialogue well, and I like how the Elizabethan speech came into play in other parts of the film too, like on the billboards in the background or on the delivery note to Romeo. The film will stick with you, though older audiences might find the style difficult to digest.
She's the faeries' midwife December 16, 2009
S. K. Harrell (NC)
I wish this film had been about when I was first studying the play. The acting is superb, the chemistry is excellent amongst the entire cast, the soundtrack stands on its own, and it goes without saying that the direction is superb. Carelessly done, the contemporary backdrop could easily clutter the sonnets and iambic pentameter. Luhrmann's vision to make the timeless story poignant is flawless. DiCaprio and Danes deliver teenaged angst without being trite. Perrineau is the best Mercutio imaginable. I am ever moved by Danes' final scenes, certainly among those that put her on the map.
 Sorry, but its a crappy movie October 22, 2009
Ghoste Kruegar x (Maryville,TN)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
The acting:good, but..the movie is just horrible. I can't believe my english teacher from last year would show this when we were doing Romeo and Juliet. anyway, it is a bad movie in my opinion.thats all i got to say.END-
Dramatic Modernization of a Classic Art September 14, 2009
Corey Turner (Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Capulet versus Montague the struggle passed down and retold for centuries , in place of swords we find guns, words remain nearly identical. This is a piece of art at an exhilarating rate full of edgy scenes, eclipsed comedy, and camera work worthy of something odd but unique to itself. Fan of Romeo and Juliet or not there is much here to be appreciated.
Were you one to enjoy the plays? One to take in the shoe taps on a wooden stage and the constant pace of it all? The artistic freedom of liveliness and the reverberations of soft spoken voices thirst warmth into the darkest corners of the audience look about. It's all here in a different sense, no stage though a tight wrapped location. Actively alert acting, quick shot responses give life to a normally lifeless adaptation.
The story of supposed star crossed lovers has never been so well preserved by modernizing it adapts making it as much current as that of the original back in its day. Though much the tragedy has been spared for much later bouts of the film, it is not sparse on popping visuals and creative thinking to help this remain at a contemporary stand point for ages to come. Maybe when cars have all but disappeared, and guns are not our standard weapon will we need another remake.
Modern retelling of a classic August 13, 2009
Michael Turo (Upstate, NY)
Modern actors replay the script of Shakespeare's immortal play. Set in a modern time, Romeo (DiCaprio) lives in a world where battle and killing is done with guns.
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