This is a reworking of Shakespeare's tragic love story, brought up to date for the nineties. While the dialogue is still firmly stuck in the 16th century, everything else is as modern - and violent and sexy - as the twentieth century can produce.
Reviews have been mixed, but that never stopped a teenybopper before...
120 minutes.
All ages
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Romance, Drama, Action
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo |
Director |
Baz Luhrmann |
Screenplay | Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce, from the play by William Shakespeare |
Music | Nellee Hooper, Chris Armstrong, Marius de Vries, Richard Wagner |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
Made in | 1996 |
Produced by | 20th Century Fox, Bazmark |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Sunday Times William Pretorius | 15 | |
eye Weekly Alex Patterson | 1 | |
Box Office Ray Greene | 10 | |
Empire | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 3964 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 57% | 11 |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
Santelle Garces | 20 | |
Megan Kleyn | 17 | |
Nuno Rosa | 14 | |
Anthony Pepe | 2 | |
Caroline Smit | 1 | |
Average .. 54% | 11 |