Romeo + Juliet

My only love sprung from my only hate.

6.819962h 0m

PG-13

Released

Drama

Romance

Overview

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

StatusReleased

Release Date1996-11-01

Runtime2h 0m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesAustraliaUnited States of America

Budget$14,500,000

Revenue$147,298,761

Keywords

suicide

gang war

forbidden love

based on play or musical

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2 total

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Cast & Crew

Leonardo DiCaprio

as Romeo

Claire Danes

as Juliet

Jesse Bradford

as Balthasar

Vondie Curtis-Hall

as Captain Prince

Brian Dennehy

as Ted Montague

John Leguizamo

as Tybalt

Miriam Margolyes

as Nurse

Harold Perrineau

as Mercutio

Christina Pickles

as Caroline Montague

Pete Postlethwaite

as Father Laurence

Reviews

r96sk

May 4, 2021

8/10

Part 2 of Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy: <em>'Romeo + Juliet'</em>. I remember watching a little bit of this years and years back at high school and I seem to recall enjoying it a lot. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I might've on this viewing, but it is still a film I'd recommend for sure - it's very good. I'm yet to see a bad - …

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 11, 2023

1/10

Shakespeare is still getting work in Hollywood, and probably always will... ... but I like updated modern Shakespeare when it comes in the form of West Side Story, She's all That, Overboard (all the other million or so Rom-Coms based off of The Taming of the Shrew) and not when the film is modern day with Shakespearean English and... yeah. To…

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